multitask

Etymology
From. The adjectival sense in computing first appears c. 1965 in the publications of B.I. Witt. The verbal sense first appears c. 1986 in the .

Adjective

 * 1) Handling or involving multiple tasks at once.

Verb

 * 1)  To schedule and execute multiple tasks (program) simultaneously; control being passed from one to the other using interrupts.
 * 2)  To handle multiple tasks at once.