NOUN | multitasking | - | |
VERB | to multitask | multitasked | multitasked multitasking | multitasks | |
NOUN article.ind sg | pl
VERB to infinitive | simple past | past participle
present participle | 3rd person
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Usage Examples English
- It is a 13 KB multitasking microkernel which enabled pre-emptive multitasking in as little as 256 KB of memory (as supplied with the first Amiga 1000s).
- In June 2014 with iOS 8, quick actions to contacts were added to the multitasking view.
- In the late 1970s, the concept of a real-time multitasking kernel was proposed.
- It acts as a scheduler for tasks running on the system, providing pre-emptive multitasking with prioritised round-robin scheduling.
- SYmbiosis Multitasking Based Operating System (SymbOS) is a multitasking operating system for Zilog Z80-based 8-bit computer systems.
- 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.
- However, fibers use cooperative multitasking while threads use preemptive multitasking.
- The term preemptive multitasking is used to distinguish a multitasking operating system, which permits preemption of tasks, from a cooperative multitasking system wherein processes or tasks must be explicitly programmed to yield when they do not need system resources.
- An active object framework is a callback-based form of multitasking for computer systems.
- 1 adds support for closing apps by swiping down on them in the multitasking view (invoked by doing a long-press on the "back" button), which is similar to how multitasking operates on Windows 8 and iOS.
- The result is that application programs or stored procedures must be written with cooperative multitasking in mind, rather than the more popular preemptive multitasking.
- Arthur was not a multitasking operating system, but offered support for adding application-level cooperative multitasking.
- Symbian features pre-emptive multitasking and memory protection, like other operating systems (especially those created for use on desktop computers).
- Originally, desk accessories were developed to provide a small degree of multitasking in operating systems that could only held one main application at a time, but when real multitasking OSes became available, these were replaced by normal applications.
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