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A utility program that reports the status of all running programs. It is used to review which applications and background services are running, as well as enables the user to stop an app that is...
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Definition: task manager
A utility program that reports the status of all running programs. It is used to review which applications and background services are running, as well as enables the user to stop an app that is not responding. See Ctrl-Alt-Del, Command-Option-Escape and Win Task Manager.
Task Managers
These are examples of the task manager utilities in Windows, Mac and Android respectively.
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