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'''Job control''' in [[computing]] refers to the control of multiple tasks or [[Job (software)|Job]]s on a computer system, ensuring that they each have access to adequate resources to perform correctly, that competition for limited resources does not cause a [[deadlock]] where two or more jobs are unable to complete, resolving such situations where they do occur, and terminating jobs that, for any reason, are not performing as expected.