機器的多工
這是畫面最原本的版本:桌前那個「人」其實是處理器。
noun · B2
A computer's ability to run more than one job or program at the same time, with the operating system deciding when to switch between them.
多工(電腦)
Think of one worker at one desk with four jobs waiting on it. Nothing is truly done at the same moment: the worker touches one job, drops it, picks up the next, and comes back. Speed is what makes it look like everything is moving together.
multi- (many) + task + -ing. The source marks the human use as figurative, which points to the computing use as the earlier one.
由 multi-(多)加 task(工作)加 -ing 組成,字面就是「同時進行多項工作」。來源資料把講人的意思標為比喻用法,也就是先有電腦那層,才有人的那層。
Wiktionary entry for multitasking, etymology_text 'See multitask' plus the 'figuratively' tag on the human sense (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1487695203)
Two branches
機器的多工
這是畫面最原本的版本:桌前那個「人」其實是處理器。
noun · B2
A computer's ability to run more than one job or program at the same time, with the operating system deciding when to switch between them.
多工(電腦)
人的一心多用
同一幅畫面換成人:切換的不是處理器的時間,而是一個人的注意力。
noun · B2
The practice or the ability of doing more than one thing at the same time, or of moving between several jobs in the same short stretch of time.
一心多用
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
multitaskingnoun
computingengineeringmathematicsThe simultaneous execution of multiple tasks (programs) under the control of an interrupt-driven operating system.
The practice or capability of handling more than one task at the same time.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。