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executor

executor

2 7.3
A part of a program that runs or schedules tasks on demand
  • noun
  • /ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : ejecutor
  • Every time a user clicks the button, the executor initiates the requested operation.

Instead of throwing away our work, the executor robot says, hey, you guessed wrong.

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Examples

  • The software executor runs tasks automatically when they are triggered.

  • In our project, the executor coordinates all scheduled code executions efficiently.

  • A mere executor of my fantastic ideas.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Instead of throwing away our work, the executor robot says, hey, you guessed wrong.

    Computerphile

  • I'm the executor of his estate, which makes me also the guardian of the Democritus Trust.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • I am a good strategist, planner, and executor.

    Blog text (24)

  • When the end did come, I felt a great sense of comfort in knowing that as the executor of events, they were events unfolding precisely as she wished.

    Blog text (5)

  • Then he said the informant, the executor, came and made some black spray paint on the facade of the house, with the seal of a group of organized crime.

    Blog text (7)

  • It must be different other ways to make undetectable file replications. The danger of this way is that "anyone" can easily make a silent installer or silent "download and executors" just by handling cmd's parameters.

    Blog text (17)

Synonyms

scheduler
vsexecutor
  • Specialized
1 4.4

A program that puts computer tasks in the right order to run

runs or schedules tasks on demand rather than only planning order
dispatcher
vsexecutor
  • Specialized
1 5.2

Software that sends messages or tasks to the right program

runs or schedules tasks rather than only assigning them to handlers
orchestrator
vsexecutor
  • Specialized
7.5

Software that automatically starts and manages many small programs across several computers

focuses on running or scheduling tasks on demand, not full deployment or scaling
invoker
vsexecutor
  • Specialized
7.7

A person or program that starts a computer function

runs or schedules tasks itself rather than merely initiating calls

Surface Forms

executor singular
executors plural

Morphology

executor = execute (transparent) = execute + or

The computing sense names an agent (or component) that runs or carries out tasks, a metaphorical but directly derivable use of 'execute' + '-or'.

Etymology

The word executor comes from the Latin parts ex- ('out') and sequi ('follow'), the same root as execute, which means 'carry out'. So a computing executor is a program or service that 'carries out' tasks or runs code when asked.