Usually means: Scheduler for automating periodic tasks.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word cron:

General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. cron: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. Cron, cron: Wordnik
  3. Cron: Wiktionary
  4. cron: Dictionary.com
  5. Cron (Unix), Cron (disambiguation), Cron: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. Cron: Rhymezone

Computing (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. cron: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. Cron: CCI Computer
  3. Cron: Tech Terms Computer Dictionary
  4. Webopedia (No longer online)
  5. cron: Hacking Lexicon
  6. cron: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. CRON: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cron: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Cron)

noun:  (computing) A scheduler or timer that automatically starts a job, program, task.
noun:  A surname.

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