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executor
noun
a
person
chosen
in
a
will
to
carry
out
the
instructions
left
by
someone
who
has
died
•
'I
want
you
to
be
the
executor
of
my
will
,
'
the
old
man
said
to
his
son
.
'I
want
you
to
be
the
executor
of
my
will
,
'
the
old
man
said
to
his
son
.
•
The
executor
sold
the
house
and
gave
the
money
to
the
children
.
The
executor
sold
the
house
and
gave
the
money
to
the
children
.
From
Middle
English
executour
,
from
Old
French
executor
,
from
Latin
exsecūtor
("
one
who
executes
"),
agent
noun
from
exsequor
("
to
follow
up
,
execute
").
noun
a
component
in
a
computer
system
or
program
that
performs
or
runs
tasks
automatically
•
'Submit
the
job
to
the
executor
service
,
'
the
programmer
said
to
his
colleague
.
'Submit
the
job
to
the
executor
service
,
'
the
programmer
said
to
his
colleague
.
•
The
executor
handles
multiple
threads
without
blocking
the
main
program
.
The
executor
handles
multiple
threads
without
blocking
the
main
program
.
Same
as
the
legal
sense
,
later
applied
metaphorically
to
computing
contexts
where
it
'executes'
code
.