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microtasking

microtasking noun: the organization of work into small tasks that can be distributed to many workers, especially via the internet (crowdsourced).

Noun

microtasking (uncountable)

  1. The organization of work into small tasks that can be distributed to many workers, especially via the internet (crowdsourced).
    • You could go to your favourite microtasking site and post a task: ‘Tell me the latest trend in crowdsourcing’ and offer $1.41 (£1) for the answer.2013, David Alan Grier, Crowdsourcing For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 319

Origin of microtasking

microtask + -ing

Questions about microtasking

What does microtasking mean?
Microtasking means the organization of work into small tasks that can be distributed to many workers, especially via the internet (crowdsourced).
What part of speech is microtasking?
Microtasking is a noun.

Words near microtasking in the dictionary

  1. microtargeting
  2. microtargets
  3. microtasimeter
  4. microtasimeters
  5. microtask
  6. microtasking
  7. microtasks
  8. microtaught
  9. microtaxonomic
  10. microtaxonomy
  11. microteach

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