Worker

noun

/ˈwɜː.kə/

Word Frequency: 25.6

Definitions

1.nounA person who performs labor for a living, especially manual labor.

2.nounA nonreproductive social insect, such as ant, bee, termite, or wasp.

3.nounA thread performing one instance of a particular task within a program.

"This FTP client spawns a separate worker for each file to be uploaded."

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