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cron

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cron definition

operating system
The Unix clock daemon that executes commands at specified dates and times according to instructions in a "crontab" file.
Unix manual page: cron(8).
(1997-04-10)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © Denis Howe 2010 http://foldoc.org
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