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Whats the difference between multitasking, multiprogramming & multiprocessing
This comes regularly for my university OS exams and I can’t find a good answer.
I know quite a bit about multitasking and multiprogramming, but need to confirm it.
Paraphrasing wikipedia:
Multiprogramming – A computer running more than one program at a time (like running Excel and Firefox simultaneously)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiprogramming
Multiprocessing – A computer using more than one CPU at a time
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiprocessing
Multitasking – Tasks sharing a common resource (like 1 CPU)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_multitasking#Multithreading