1) Concurrency 2) Juggling
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The capability of a computer or operating system to appear to run more than one task at a time.
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The ability to perform more than one task at the same time. The Amiga has been able to multitask since 1985, whilst the PC only learned to in 1995 and the Apple Mac still has not achieved this. The Amiga uses a specific type of multitasking known as 'pre-emptive'. This is allocated by the OS Kernel, the Amiga EXEC. Other consumer systems such as Wi...
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an operating system like RISC OS is capable of running a number of different tasks all at the same time - this is multitasking (actually, I think it's a bit of a con: the cpu can really only do one job at a time but what it does is to do a little bit of each task every fraction of a second) - there are two basic types of multitasking: preemptive an...
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the running of two or more programs (sets of instructions) in one computer at the same time. Multitasking is used to keep all of a computer`s ... [3 related articles]
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Multitasking is a characteristic of Unix operating systems. A multitasking operating system can have several processes running concurrently. Click for more information.
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The ability to download software from the Internet while running productivity applications. 2. n. A multiple process Operating System scheme which relies on computer hardware to efficiently and safely share computer resources between applications. See Task Switching.
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The running of more than one program at the same time by a computer.
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Multitasking allows multiple tasks to run concurrently, taking turns using the resources of the computer
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Windows has the ability to work on more than one project at the same time. This multitasking ability enables the user to run more than one application at a time, without having to close any of the other applications.
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Multitasking allows multiple tasks to run concurrently, taking turns using the resources of the computer.
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(CONTROL SYSTEMS GLOSSARY) The ability of a computer to handle more than two programmes at the same time.
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In computing, a system in which one processor appears to run several different programs (or different parts of the same program) at the same time. All the programs are held in memory together and each is allowed to run for a certain period. For example, one program may run while other programs are waiting for a peripheral device to work or for inpu...
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A descriptive term for a computing device whose operating system can handle several tasks concurrently. In monoprocessors, each active task is given short periods of time to use the CPU in a rotational fashion.
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the concurrent or interleaved execution of two or more jobs by a single CPU.
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