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multitasking

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Computers
mul·ti·task·ing /ˈmʌltiˌtɑːskɪŋ $ -ˌtæs-/ noun [uncountable]  1. a computer’s ability to do more than one job at a time 〔计算机的〕多任务处理2 when a person does more than one thing at a time 〔人〕同时执行多项任务,同时做几件事情 Women are traditionally supposed to be good at multitasking. 传统上认为妇女善于同时做几件事情。
From Longman Business Dictionarymultitaskingmul‧ti‧task‧ing /ˈmʌltɪˌtɑːskɪŋ-ˌtæs-/ (also multi-tasking) noun [uncountable]1COMPUTING when a computer runs more than one program at the same time on a single PROCESSOR (=the central most important part of the computer)SYN MULTIPROCESSINGa powerful operating system that allows multitaskinga multitasking program2when someone does more than one job at the same timeA lot of emphasis is put on supervisory skills and multi-tasking.
mul·ti·task·ing nounChineseSyllable
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multitasking
multitasking /ˈmʌltiˌtɑːskɪŋ $ -ˌtæs-/ noun [uncountable]
1. a computer’s ability to do more than one job at a time
2. when a person does more than one thing at a time:
    Women are traditionally supposed to be good at multitasking.


multi·taskingBrE /ˌmʌltiˈtɑːskɪŋ/ 🔊NAmE /ˌmʌltiˈtæskɪŋ/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (computing 计算机) the ability of a computer to operate several programs at the same time 多任务处理the ability to do several things at the same time 能同时处理多项事情的