COMPUTER SOFTWARE
OPERATING SYSTEMS
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Question
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What is the method of multitasking that requires the operating system to give control to a running process, and wait for that process to finish?
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Cooperative multitasking
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Shared multitasking
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Preemptive multitasking
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Basic multitasking
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -This type of multitasking in Operating System is referred to as preemptive multitasking because this complete process is controlled by the operating system. Desktop operating systems contain preemptive multitasking. The first operations system that used the method of Multitasking was Unix.
Detailed explanation-2: -Cooperative multitasking, also known as non-preemptive multitasking, is a style of computer multitasking in which the operating system never initiates a context switch from a running process to another process.
Detailed explanation-3: -The earliest preemptive multitasking OS available to home users was Sinclair QDOS on the Sinclair QL, released in 1984, but very few people bought the machine.
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