What do you mean by crontab?

1.	What do you mean by crontab?
Answer» Crontab stands for "cron table," meaning that it makes use of the cron scheduler to perform tasks. In other words, it is the list of commands that you WISH to run on a regular schedule and the command that will let you MANAGE it. It is possible to VIEW or EDIT the table of commands using the crontab command. In addition to the schedule, the term "Crontab" also refers to the name of the program USED to edit the schedule.

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