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Multitasking Summary
409 words, approx. 1 pages Multitasking is a technique of most of today's operating systems in which a computer's microprocessor is able to safely and efficiently run several independent tasks (such as the operation of many application programs) at the same time without any...
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Time Slice Summary
285 words, approx. 1 pages Time slice is a short interval of time during which a particular task (or process) is allowed to run uninterrupted within a microprocessor in a pre-emptive multitasking operating system. Multitasking is a type of microprocessor that is able to process...
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Multitasking
81 words, approx. 1 pages Mode of computer operation in which the computer works on multiple tasks at the same time. A task is a computer program (or part of a program) that can be run as a separate entity. On a single-processor system, the CPU can perform preemptive (also...
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Computer multitasking Information
1,574 words, approx. 5 pages
 In computing, multitasking is a method by which multiple tasks, also known as processes, share common processing resources such as a CPU. In the case of a computer with a single CPU, only one task is said to be running at any point in time, meaning that...



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 International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education
Teaching multitasking to electronics and computing students
10/01/2001: 4,139 words, approx. 14 pages Abstract Although widely used in the solution of engineering problems, multitasking is conceptually as complicated as parallel processing. A simple system that covers the key features of multitasking in a short time is presented. A description is given of its use with a final-year...
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 Plastics News
Firms Have To Multitask Right Alongside Computers.
10/18/1999: 561 words, approx. 2 pages Several mold makers have made vast shifts in equipment and operations to stay in the race to meet the need for speed. ''We have to keep the spindle on steel as much as possible,'' said Greg Slyman, president of injection and compression...


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