Trying to settle a friendly argument. Is "cron" an acronym for something?
Additionally, did it's current canonical name "cron" originate from something shortened for something like chronos or chronological?
A quick google search didn't find what i was looking for. It ended up being a forum thread that was unsettled
Best Answer
cron derives from Chronos which is a word for time in Greek .
And tab stands for table. You can know that it means a time table.