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cron

The English word “cron” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. A scheduler or timer that automatically starts a job, program, task.

Etymology

From chrono-, from Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”). Originating as the name of a specific program, but since generalized to analogous ones.

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