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The Complete Guide to Bash Programming

Multitasking

Explore how multitasking enables modern operating systems to execute multiple programs simultaneously. Understand the historical context of batch processing, the challenges of CPU idling due to slow peripherals, and why multitasking improves computer efficiency.

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Multitasking

All modern OSs support multitasking. This means they can execute multiple programs in parallel. The systems with this feature displaced the OSs without it. Why is multitasking so important?

Efficient usage of computers

The challenge of efficient usage of computers arose in the 1960s. Computers were relatively expensive at that time. Only large companies and universities were able to buy them. These organizations counted every minute they worked with their machines. They could not accept any ...