Multitask

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multitask
Usage: n.

See Also: thrash


multitask: n.

Often used of humans in the same meaning it has for computers, to describe a person doing several things at once (but see thrash). The term multiplex, from communications technology (meaning to handle more than one channel at the same time), is used similarly.

Sources

Source: multitask, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.


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