COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
OPERATING SYSTEM
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Question
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Which Operating System function allows more than one program can run at the same time?
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User Interface
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Memory Management
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User Management
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File Management
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -An operating system that allows multiple programmes to run simultaneously on a single processor machine is known as a multiprogramming operating system. The other programmes are prepared to use the CPU while one programme waits for an input/output transfer.
Detailed explanation-2: -A multitasking operating system (also called multiprocessing operating system) supports two or more active processes simultaneously.
Detailed explanation-3: -multiprocessing, in computing, a mode of operation in which two or more processors in a computer simultaneously process two or more different portions of the same program (set of instructions).
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