jobrunner
nounUK /ˈdʒɒbˌrʌnə/
US /ˈdʒɑːbˌrʌnər/
A jobrunner is a computer program that starts and watches over other jobs for you.
The jobrunner started the backup job at midnight and told us when it was done.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. A person whose job is to run errands or deliver things.
The jobrunner dropped off the package before lunch.
3. A small tool or script that runs a single task automatically.
She wrote a jobrunner to clean up old files every night.
4. In computing, a service that runs jobs one after another in a line.
The jobrunner processed each job in the queue in order.