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multitasking:<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;several tasks (processes) are executed simultaneously somehow, on multiprocessor machines this could be true, but on a single processor mashine, the processes are simply switched very often, so that a (human) user can imagine they are running simultaneously<br />
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multiprocessing:<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;another term for multitasking, probably<br />
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multiprogramming:<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;hmm, need to know in which context it is used; probably the same as above<br />

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multitasking:
   several tasks (processes) are executed simultaneously somehow, on multiprocessor machines this could be true, but on a single processor mashine, the processes are simply switched very often, so that a (human) user can imagine they are running simultaneously

multiprocessing:
   another term for multitasking, probably

multiprogramming:
   hmm, need to know in which context it is used; probably the same as above


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THE DISTINCTION MADE BETWEEN MULTITASKING/MULTIPROCESSI<wbr />NG IS NOT CONVINCING.I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN<br />
MULTITASKING/MULTIPROCESSI<wbr />NG W.R.T A SINGLE CPU,BASICALLY IT<br />
BOILS DOWN TO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A TASK AND A PROCEES<br />
ON A SINGLE CPU.<br />

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THE DISTINCTION MADE BETWEEN MULTITASKING/MULTIPROCESSING IS NOT CONVINCING.I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
MULTITASKING/MULTIPROCESSING W.R.T A SINGLE CPU,BASICALLY IT
BOILS DOWN TO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A TASK AND A PROCEES
ON A SINGLE CPU.


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First, don't use CAP's, since they're too difficult to read.<br />
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Meanwhile, multi-processing refers to the ability to schedule multiple programs/tasks/processes (these terms are somewhat interchangeable) on multiple CPU's. &nbsp;There is no such thing is as a multiprocessing single CPU machine.<br />

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First, don't use CAP's, since they're too difficult to read.

Meanwhile, multi-processing refers to the ability to schedule multiple programs/tasks/processes (these terms are somewhat interchangeable) on multiple CPU's.  There is no such thing is as a multiprocessing single CPU machine.


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chris, first I was impressed by your definitions. Now you're going to say something like I did ;-)<br />

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chris, first I was impressed by your definitions. Now you're going to say something like I did ;-)


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What does one mean by multitasking,multiprocessi<wbr />ng,multipr<wbr />ogramming?<wbr /><br />
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Do they mean the same thing?
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What does one mean by multitasking,multiprocessing,multiprogramming?

Do they mean the same thing?

multitasking

Unix is a multitasking, multi-user computer operating system originally developed in 1969 at Bell Labs. Today, it is a modern OS with many commercial flavors and licensees, including FreeBSD, Hewlett-Packard’s UX, IBM AIX and Apple Mac OS-X. Apart from its command-line interface, most UNIX variations support the standardized X Window System for GUIs, with the exception of the Mac OS, which uses a proprietary system.