How does the operating system perform multitasking?

Answer 1

There are two kinds of multitasking, the old one and the new one.

Cooperative MultiTasking, the old way, has applications share all the computers resources with each other. However, if one application didn't share, the computer would crash or other programs wouldn't work, so a new version was needed.

Preemptive MultiTasking is the new way. In this system, the computer decides how much "slice" of resources it should give to each program or service, and guarantees safety. It also makes it fairer, giving more immediate concerns more slice and less important ones less slice.

Answer 2

Multi-tasking has it's purpose. I have been doing this for years. For example, I am able to do this and have the television on. I am concentrating on both things which makes me a multi-tasking person.

I believe women are more prone to multi-tasking because they are the nurturing motherly type. They raise babies, to children, to teens, to adults. They handle many things at once; the baby, the phone ringing, shopping lists and house hold chores like laundry.

Answer 3

Windows 2000