Background Scheduler

Definitions

1. A component that triggers background tasks according to time-based, event-based, or recurring schedules. Background schedulers are used for cron-like jobs, cleanup tasks, recurring syncs, and batch processing that should not depend on live user traffic.

   In plain English: A component that decides when background jobs should run.

   Example: "The reminder emails were moved out of request code into a background scheduler that triggered jobs every five minutes."

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