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- hyphenation - multi-tasking or multitasking? - English Language Usage . . .
May I ask whether or not to use a hyphen after a prefix only depends on individuals' editorial style, but not that of British or American English? E g , multi-tasking or multitasking?
- Did the term multitasking come from the computer realm?
As a matter of fact, the word multitasking did originate in the computer realm, but it is older than you estimate According to the OED, the first citation of the word is from 1966, in a magazine called Datamation: Multi-tasking is defined as the use of a single CPU for the simultaneous processing of two or more jobs The more general sense of multitasking, then, arose from this computing term
- What is the opposite of multitasking? - English Language Usage . . .
"Multitasking" is a commonly-used word in computer science and has a lay meaning as well What is the opposite of "multitasking?" I tried "unitasking" in a recently letter to a colleague and was
- single word requests - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The Wikipedia page for it redirects to polymath, which may be less suitable in your case because it connotes more about natural aptitude for different subjects than their ability to multitask
- Is there a word for a person who is able to focus on multiple tasks at . . .
I thought of the word 'multi-tasker' but is there a better word which can express focussing on multiple tasks with equal efficiency? For instance, it is said that Leonardo Da Vinci, a polymath, was
- etymology - What was the idiom for multitasking before chewing gum was . . .
A colorful idiom for someone who can only do one thing at a time is he can't walk and chew gum at the same time Obviously, this only makes sense if you know what the heck chewing gum is Was ther
- Is there an English idiom for trying to do two things at the same time . . .
Is there an English idiom for trying to do two things at the same time and failing at both of them due to splitting your effort?
- Can we use however and on the other hand together?
They can certainly be used in conjunction, but unless there is a particular situation or reason for this emphasis I suspect that it will certainly feel redundant Both connote that one thing is being contrasted with an other, and so in most cases just one will do the job of both I should have thought that the best situation for the phrase "however, on the other hand " to be used is one in
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