A piece of work to be done or undertaken. The manager assigned a new task to the team for the upcoming project.
A duty or responsibility that is assigned or expected. Completing the monthly report is a task that falls under the accountant's responsibilities.
A difficult or tedious undertaking. Cleaning the entire house in one day was quite a task.
In computing, a unit of work or execution handled by an operating system or application. The scheduler can pause one task while another is running.