multiprocessor computers, multitasking allows many more tasks to be run than there are CPUs. Multitasking is a common feature of computer operating systems...
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Cooperative multitasking, also known as non-preemptive multitasking, is a style of computer multitasking in which the operating system never initiates...
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Preemption (computing) (redirect from Pre-emptive multitasking)
provided preemptive multitasking on 1980s-era personal computers. Later MS-DOS compatible systems natively supporting preemptive multitasking/multithreading...
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Daemon (computing) (redirect from Demon (computer software))
In multitasking computer operating systems, a daemon (/ˈdiːmən/ or /ˈdeɪmən/) is a computer program that runs as a background process, rather than being...
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Look up multitasking in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Multitasking may refer to: Computer multitasking, the concurrent execution of multiple tasks...
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principal use for multitasking was to allow many people to share the same computer. Seemingly, multitasking would cause a computer that is switching between...
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self-perception of being good at multitasking or getting more done while multitasking is frequently inaccurate. Multitasking is mentally and physically stressful...
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In a multitasking computer system, processes may occupy a variety of states. These distinct states may not be recognized as such by the operating system...
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multitasking operating system. Eventually, due to the influence of the IBM PC on the personal computer market, personal computers and home computers lost...
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Process (computing) (redirect from Computer process)
as time-sharing, computer networks, and multiple-CPU shared memory computers, the old "multiprogramming" gave way to true multitasking, multiprocessing...
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Variants of the OS-9 multitasking operating system were available from third parties. Tandy Corporation announced the TRS-80 Color Computer in July 1980 as...
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further speed up a single thread or single program, most computer systems are actually multitasking among multiple threads or programs. Thus, techniques that...
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Blocking (computing) (redirect from Blocking (computer science))
advanced from blocked state to an imminent one, such as runnable. In a multitasking computer system, individual tasks, or threads of execution, must share the...
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address space. However, fibers use cooperative multitasking while threads use preemptive multitasking. Threads often depend on the kernel's thread scheduler...
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than not this was traditionally a consequence of simple hardware or non-multitasking operating systems. Polling is often intimately involved with very low-level...
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Operating system (redirect from Computer operating sysem)
is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources, and provides common services for computer programs. Time-sharing operating...
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- multiuser multitasking DOS clone since 1987 VM/386 - multiuser multitasking DOS environment since 1987 TopView - DOS-based multitasking environment...
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Apple Inc. (redirect from Apple computer)
built for multitasking (running several applications at once). The company attempted to correct this by introducing cooperative multitasking in System...
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A brain–computer interface (BCI), sometimes called a brain–machine interface (BMI), is a direct communication link between the brain's electrical activity...
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it comes to Facebook there may be more to bad memory than just multitasking". Computers in Human Behavior. 29 (6): 2179–2182. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2013.04...
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Media multitasking is the concurrent use of multiple digital media streams. Media multitasking has been associated with depressive symptoms and social...
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digital technology. daemon In multitasking computer operating systems, a daemon (/ˈdiːmən/ or /ˈdeɪmən/) is a computer program that runs as a background...
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Embedded system (redirect from Embeded computer)
This method brings the system close to a multitasking kernel with discrete processes. Cooperative multitasking is very similar to the simple control loop...
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Yield (multithreading) (category Method (computer programming))
take control. Coroutines that explicitly yield allow cooperative multitasking. Computer programming portal Coroutines Java (software platform) Common Language...
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Laptop (redirect from Notebook computer)
A laptop computer or notebook computer, also known as a laptop or notebook, is a small, portable personal computer (PC). Laptops typically have a clamshell...
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Workstation (redirect from Computer workstation)
higher performance than mainstream personal computers, especially in CPU, graphics, memory, and multitasking. Workstations are optimized for the visualization...
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Computer rage refers to negative psychological responses towards a computer due to heightened anger or frustration. Examples of computer rage include cursing...
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Thread (computing) (redirect from Thread (computer programming))
modeling hardware). Computer programming portal Clone (Linux system call) Communicating sequential processes Computer multitasking Multi-core (computing)...
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Minicomputer (redirect from Mini-computer)
powerful systems that ran full multi-user, multitasking operating systems, such as VMS and Unix. The Tandem Computers NonStop product line shipped its first...
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of DEC for multitasking computer performance with the arguments that it, according to press notes, "balances dedicated and shared computer resources to...
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