Is windows a multitasking operating system?
2006-08-24 16:35:49 · 4 answers · asked by Ansaar 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
MULTITHREADING: The ability of an operating system to execute different parts of a program, called threads, simultaneously. The programmer must carefully design the program in such a way that all the threads can run at the same time without interfering with each other. The ability of an operating system to execute different parts of a program, called threads, simultaneously. The programmer must carefully design the program in such a way that all the threads can run at the same time without interfering with each other.
MULTITASKING: The ability to execute more than one task at the same time, a task being a program. The terms multitasking and multiprocessing are often used interchangeably, although multiprocessing implies that more than one CPU is involved. 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 the programs at the same time.
2006-08-24 16:44:43 · answer #1 · answered by gospieler 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Multithreading Vs Multitasking
2016-11-06 20:44:52 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Multithreading is more than one thread running in the same program. It is a way to do two or more tasks at the same time in a program. Multitasking is a computer running more than one program at the same time. Windows is definitely a multitasking OS. You can have many programs running at the same time, each in its own window.
2016-03-17 00:50:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To "Is windows a multitasking operating system?" yes it is, MS is moving from "co-op" multitasking to "pre-emptive" multitasking.
Multithreading is a programming term, think of it as multitasking WITHIN the same running program instance.
2006-08-24 17:06:57 · answer #4 · answered by Andy T 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋