scheduling (algorithm) The arrangement of a number of related operations in time.
There are several kinds of scheduling related to computers: instruction scheduling - sequencing the instructions executed by the CPU multitasking ("process scheduling") - sharing a CPU between several processes application software to help organise your daily meetings etc. task scheduling - algorithms to solve the general problem of satisfying time and resource constraints between a number of tasks. Compare planning. Last updated: 1998-04-25
