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dispatcher

/ˈdɪs.pætʃ.ə(ɹ)/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A message sent quickly, as a shipment, a prompt settlement of a business, or an important official message sent by a diplomat, or military officer.
  2. The act of doing something quickly.
  3. A mission by an emergency response service, typically attend to an emergency in the field.
  4. The passing on of a message for further processing, especially via a dispatch table.
  5. A dismissal.
  6. In a transportation organization, a person who controls the movements of vehicles
  7. A piece of software responsible for assigning priorities and resources to tasks waiting to be scheduled

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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