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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>multitask</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../M.html" title="M"/><link rel="previous" href="Multics.html" title="Multics"/><link rel="next" href="mumblage.html" title="mumblage"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">multitask</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Multics.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">M</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="mumblage.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="multitask"/><dt xmlns="" id="multitask"><b>multitask</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Often used of humans in the same meaning it has for computers, to
describe a person doing several things at once (but see
<a href="../T/thrash.html"><i class="glossterm">thrash</i></a>). The term <span class="firstterm">multiplex</span>, from communications technology
(meaning to handle more than one channel at the same time), is used
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