scheduler
scheduler — 名詞
- schedulersingular
- schedulersplural
1. someone whose job is to plan when each task or job will be done and to make sure
排程人員
安排工作或任務時間順序的人
someone whose job is to plan when each task or job will be done and to make sure everything happens at the right time.
The hospital hired a scheduler to plan shifts for every nurse on the ward.
醫院聘了一位排程人員，為病房裡每位護理師安排班表。
scheduler + plan [tasks/times]
As the factory scheduler, Devika decides which orders the machines finish first.
身為工廠的排程人員，Devika 決定機器先完成哪些訂單。
role: the [place] scheduler
The wedding scheduler made sure the cake arrived before the guests sat down.
這位婚禮排程人員確保蛋糕在賓客入座前就送到。
The airline's schedulers arrange when each plane lands and takes off.
這家航空公司的排程人員安排每架飛機起飛和降落的時間。
- planner
broader; a planner may design ideas, while a scheduler fixes the timing
- coordinator
focuses on making people and tasks work together, not only on timing
用法筆記
Subject is usually a workplace role; the object is the tasks, shifts, or events being arranged in time. Distinguish from sense 3, which is a machine or program, not a person.
2. someone at a television or radio company who chooses which programmes go out and
節目編排者
電視或電台中決定節目播出時段的人
someone at a television or radio company who chooses which programmes go out and at what time of day.
The channel's scheduler moved the popular cooking show to a later evening slot.
這個頻道的節目編排者把熱門的烹飪節目挪到較晚的晚間時段。
scheduler moves [programme] to [slot]
As the station's scheduler, Eshe puts cartoons on early on Saturday mornings.
身為電台的節目編排者，Eshe 把卡通排在週六一大早播出。
role: the [station]'s scheduler
The BBC scheduler placed the evening news right after the popular soap opera.
BBC 的節目編排者把晚間新聞排在熱門連續劇之後播出。
The scheduler decided to air the football final live on Sunday afternoon.
這位節目編排者決定在週日下午現場直播足球決賽。
- programmer
in broadcasting, the person who plans the line-up of shows; near-equivalent here
用法筆記
Specific to broadcasting; the object is programmes and the times or slots they air. Unlike sense 1, this scheduler always works for a TV or radio company.
3. a program or part of a computer that decides the order in which jobs and tasks s
排程程式
決定電腦工作執行先後順序的程式
a program or part of a computer that decides the order in which jobs and tasks should run.
The scheduler runs the most urgent task first and leaves slower ones for later.
這個排程程式先執行最緊急的工作，把較慢的留到後面。
scheduler runs [task] first
When the laptop slowed down, the scheduler paused the backup until midnight.
筆電變慢時，排程程式把備份暫停到半夜才做。
scheduler pauses [job]
While Xiu played a game, the scheduler quietly ran the virus scan in the background.
Xiu 在玩遊戲時，排程程式在背景悄悄執行了病毒掃描。
The operating system's scheduler decides which program gets the next turn.
作業系統的排程程式決定哪個程式可以使用下一個處理時段。
- dispatcher
in computing, the part that actually hands a chosen job to the processor
用法筆記
Object is computer jobs, tasks, or processes, never people. Distinguish from senses 1 and 2, which are human workers; this scheduler is software or hardware.