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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=computing">computing</a>, a <b>job</b> is a unit of work or unit of execution (that performs that work). A component of a job (as a unit of work) is called a <a href="page.php?w=task_%28computing%29">task</a> or a step (if sequential, as in a <a href="page.php?w=job_stream">job stream</a>). As a unit of execution, a job may be concretely identified with a single <a href="page.php?w=process_%28computing%29">process</a>, which may in turn have subprocesses (<a href="page.php?w=child_process">child process</a>es; the process</p><p>
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