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crontab

English translation: crontab

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Dutch term or phrase:crontab
English translation:crontab
Entered by: George Thomson

05:24 Feb 12, 2005
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Computers: Software / computerisation
Dutch term or phrase: crontab
This occurs in the following text:
'Proces middels crontab van operator omgeving'
I am unable to get the English equivalent from the available resources. The field is information technology, specifically data processing.
Shall be grateful for any help.
R. Chakravarti
Local time: 03:15
crontab
Explanation:
Check out the link I've given you - looks like crontab is a generic term which doesn't need translating.
"Crontab is a program that allows users to create jobs that will run at a given time"
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George Thomson
Local time: 23:45
Grading comment
thanks a lot for the enlightening answer
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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4 +5crontab
George Thomson


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
crontab


Explanation:
Check out the link I've given you - looks like crontab is a generic term which doesn't need translating.
"Crontab is a program that allows users to create jobs that will run at a given time"


    Reference: http://www.nerc-online.com/support/www/crontab.html
George Thomson
Local time: 23:45
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thanks a lot for the enlightening answer

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Paul Peeraerts: Ja, crontab is de naam van een programma.
23 mins
agree  Maria Karra: Definitely. Also known as "cron job".
49 mins
agree  Johan Venter
1 hr
agree  René Knoop: Cron as in chronology, in Windows it is called Scheduled Tasks
4 hrs
agree  11thmuse
21 hrs
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