different between timer vs scheduler

English

Etymology

time +? -er

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ta?m?/
• Rhymes: -a?m?(r)

Noun

timer (plural timers)

1. Someone or something which times.
2. A device used to measure amounts of time.
3. Any electronic function that causes a device to be able to do something automatically after a preset amount of time.

Derived terms

• egg timer, egg-timer

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ???? (taim?)
• ? Korean: ??? (taimeo)

Translations

See also

• programmable
• time switch

Anagrams

• Terim, ermit, merit, miter, mitre, remit

Danish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English timer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tajm?r/, [?t??jm?]

Noun

timer c (singular definite timeren, plural indefinite timere)

1. timer

Inflection

Etymology 2

See time (“hour”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti?m?r/, [?t?i?m?]

Noun

timer c pl

1. plural indefinite of time

Etymology 3

See time (“to time”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tajm?r/, [?t??jm?]

Verb

timer

1. present tense of time

Interlingua

Verb

timer

1. to dread, fear

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English timer.

Noun

timer m (invariable)

1. timer (device)

   Synonym: temporizzatore

Anagrams

• metri, mitre, termi, tremi

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

timer m pl

1. indefinite plural of time

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English timer.

Noun

timer m (plural timers)

1. timer (device used to measure time)

   Synonym: temporizador

English

Etymology

schedule +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??dj?l?/, /sk?dj?l?/
• Hyphenation: sched?uler

Noun

scheduler (plural schedulers)

1. A person or device that determines a schedule, that determines the order that tasks are to be done.
2. (computer science) An operating system component responsible for allocating several resources, most commonly the use of processors by different concurrent processes or threads. [from 20th c.]