ALSO CALLED: Scheduling Software and Job Scheduling
DEFINITION: A job scheduler is a program that enables an enterprise to schedule and, in some cases, monitor computer "batch" jobs (units of work, such as the running of a payroll program). A job scheduler can initiate and manage jobs automatically by processing prepared job control language statements or through equivalent interaction with a human operator. Today's job schedulers typically  … 
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JOB SCHEDULING SOFTWARE DEFINITION (continued): … A job scheduler is a program that enables an enterprise to schedule and, in some cases, monitor computer "batch" jobs (units of work, such as the running of a payroll program). A job scheduler can initiate and manage jobs automatically by processing prepared job control language statements or through equivalent interaction with a human operator. Today's job schedulers typically provide a graphical user interface and a single point of control for all the work in a distributed network of computers.

Some features that may be found in a job scheduler include:

• Continously automatic monitoring of jobs and completion notification
• Event-driven job scheduling
• Performance monitoring
• Report scheduling

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