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From: Korosec Samo
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1998 00:00

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Stephen Macdonald wrote:

> These terms often get used to varying degrees, but generally *multitasking*
> is the apparent execution of more than one program, which *is* possible
> with only one CPU.

but not at once, you can just switch between them in certain time
intervals,
so you run a program, save registers, load other program, run it, save
regs,
load previous regs, continue previous program,... it's not the
"multitasking"
but "something-that-looks-like-multitasking"

> On the other hand, *multiprocessing* is what you are referring to and
> requires more than one CPU.
>
> You have to bear in mind that both of these have been around for a lot
> longer than Microsoft have, Microsoft being about the last company in the
> Universe to find out what they involve, and they may have used the terms in
> ways to suit themselves that the rest of the industry doesn't use.

use a term the user does not know about and price your product twice as
high.
Joe User has no clue whether he runs multitasking or not, he just like
to
tell the colleagues the he has a 32bit (shame) multitasking system
running on
his 286 now.

> Stephen Macdonald

Samo
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From: Korosec Samo <samo@xype.com>
Subject: Re: Cool jobs at a cool company.
Date: 1998/09/08
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