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What is a scheduler?

What is a scheduler? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A person or device that determines a schedule, that determines the order that tasks are to be done.
  2. (computer science) An operating system component responsible for allocating several resources, most commonly the use of processors by different concurrent processes or threads. [from 20th c.]
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The logistics division requires one scheduler per venue as well as one for the motor pool.
Organiser functions include a scheduler, alarm clock, calculator and world clock.
The organizer includes trivia and other games, translator, address book, alarm clock, class scheduler, calendar, memo pad and calculator.
A job scheduler and a dispatcher handle periodic jobs, whereas reactive jobs change state themselves for performance reasons.
Most virus software has an automatic scheduler so that the software can update daily at specified times.
Based on statistical data, the scheduler decides whether the application will be hardware accelerated or whether a corresponding software function is used.

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