scheduling n : setting an order and time for planned events [syn: programming, programing]

English

Verb

scheduling

1. present participle of schedule

Noun

1. A function in many aspects of industry, commerce and computing in which events are timed to take place at the most opportune time

Translations

As a general definition : Scheduling is committing resources to the realization of an event at a defined time. Scheduling is committing resources to a plan. Time can be specified (Scheduling a flight to leave at 8:00) or floating as part of a sequence of events (today's production schedule: orders 122, 123, 124)

Scheduling may refer to:

• I/O scheduling, the order in which I/O requests are submitted to a block device in Computer Operating Systems
• Scheduling (broadcasting), the minute planning of the content of a radio or television broadcast channel
• Scheduling (computing), the way various processes are assigned in multitasking and multiprocessing operating system design
• Scheduling (production processes), the planning of the production or the operation
• Schedule (workplace), ensuring that an organization has sufficient staffing levels at all times
• Project Scheduling, which builds on prior project planning, and includes the design, development, maintenance, and usage of a project schedule.

See also

• Schedule
• Scheduling algorithm
• Notation for theoretic scheduling problems