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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The ability of an operating system to have more than one program (task) open at one time
A
Multitasking
B
Multithreading
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Multitasking refers to the ability to execute more than one task (or program) at the same time. In multitasking, only one CPU is involved, but it switches from one program to another so quickly that it gives the appearance of executing all of programs at the same time.

Detailed explanation-2: -Multitasking, in an operating system, is allowing a user to perform more than one computer task (such as the operation of an application program) at a time.

Detailed explanation-3: -OS virtualization is the use of software to allow a piece of hardware to run multiple operating system images at the same time.

Detailed explanation-4: -The correct answer is Multitasking. Multitasking is the ability of the operating system to run more than one application at a time. A multitasking operating system (also called a multiprocessing operating system) supports two or more active processes simultaneously.

Detailed explanation-5: -Multitasking-Multitasking is the ability of an operating system to execute more than one task simultaneously on single processor machine, these multiple tasks share common resources such as CPU and memory.

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