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Cooperative Multitasking vs Preemptive Multitasking

Explore the fundamental differences between cooperative and preemptive multitasking models in concurrency. Understand how operating systems manage CPU control and scheduling, and the impact of these models on program behavior and system stability.

Introduction

A system can achieve concurrency by employing one of the following multitasking models:

  • Preemptive Multitasking

  • Cooperative Multitasking

Preemptive Multitasking

In preemptive multitasking, the operating system preempts a program to allow ...