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Timer vs Scheduler - What's the difference?

timer | scheduler |

As nouns the difference between timer and scheduler

is that timer is someone or something which times while scheduler is a person or device that determines a schedule, that determines the order that tasks are to be done.

timer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone or something which times.
  • A device used to measure amounts of time.
  • 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

    See also

    * programmable

    Anagrams

    * * * * ----

    scheduler

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person or device that determines a schedule, that determines the order that tasks are to be done.
  • (computer science) An operating system component responsible for allocating several resources, most commonly the use of processors by different concurrent processes or threads.