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JOB CONTROL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does job control mean?
• JOB CONTROL (noun)
The noun JOB CONTROL has 1 sense:
1. a program that is called to prepare each job to be run
Familiarity information: JOB CONTROL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A program that is called to prepare each job to be run
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("job control" is a kind of...):
computer program; computer programme; program; programme ((computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute)
Context examples
Issue associated with the machinery operating system, a collection of software, firmware, and hardware elements that control the execution of computer programs and provides such services as computer resource allocation, job control, input/output control, and file management in a computer system.
(Computer Operating System Problem Associated with Medical Device, Food and Drug Administration)
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