microtasking

English

Etymology

microtask +‎ -ing

Noun

microtasking (uncountable)

  1. The organization of work into small tasks that can be distributed to many workers, especially via the internet (crowdsourced).
    • 2013, David Alan Grier, Crowdsourcing For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 319:
      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.

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