1) Business term 2) Planning 3) Programing 4) Programming 1) Calendaring 2) Preparation 3) Programing 4) Programming 5) Slating 
[computing] In computing, scheduling is the method by which threads, processes or data flows are given access to system resources (e.g. processor time, communications bandwidth). This is usually done to load balance and share system resources effectively or achieve a target quality of service. The need for a scheduling algorithm arises from...[production processes] Scheduling is an important tool for manufacturing and engineering, where it can have a major impact on the productivity of a process. In manufacturing, the purpose of scheduling is to minimize the production time and costs, by telling a production facility when to make, with which staff, and on which equipment. Produc...
(from the article `telecommunications network`) ...to transmit and at the same time preventing destructive interference from collisions (simultaneous transmissions). This type of communication, ...
[n] - setting an order and time for planned events
noun setting an order and time for planned events