COMPUTER SOFTWARE
OPERATING SYSTEMS
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Having more than one user profile so different people can log into the same computer.
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Running multiple applications at the same time by giving each a small time-slice of processor time.
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Having more than one operating system installed and choosing which to boot.
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Running multiple applications at the same time by having more than one processor.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Multitasking: When a single resource is used to process multiple tasks then it is multitasking. Multithreading: It is an extended form of multitasking. Multiprocessing: When more than one processing unit is used by a single computer then it is called multiprocessing.
Detailed explanation-2: -In a more general sense, multitasking refers to having multiple programs, processes, tasks, threads running at the same time. This term is used in modern operating systems when multiple tasks share a common processing resource (e.g., CPU and Memory).
Detailed explanation-3: -multitasking, the running of multiple programs (sets of instructions) in one computer at the same time. Multitasking is used to keep all of a computer’s resources at work as much of the time as possible.