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A Job Scheduler is a software
application that is in charge of unattended background executions, commonly known
as batch processing. Basic features expected
from a Job Scheduler software are:-
1).Interfaces
to define workflows and/or job dependencies 2).Automatic
submission of executions 3).Interfaces to
monitor the executions 4).Priorities and/or
queues to control the execution order of unrelated jobs If
software from a completely different area includes all or some of those features,
this software has Job Scheduling capabilities. Main
Concepts There are many concepts that are
central to almost every Job Scheduler implementation and that are widely recognised
with minimal variations.
1).Jobs
2).Dependencies
3).Job Streams
4).Users
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