multi-tasking
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noun
- The simultaneous execution of multiple tasks (programs) under the control of an interrupt-driven operating system.
- (buzzword) The practice or capability of handling more than one task at the same time.
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multitaskmultitaskingmultitaskermultiprogrammingmultithreadingparallelismmultiusingmultiusagemultiprocessinghyperthreadingtaskmultiwindowingconcurrencymultialgorithmapplications softwaremultiprocessor