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multiprogramming

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  • noun The allocation of computing resources to more than one concurrent application, job, or user.

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  • noun the execution of two or more computer programs by a single computer

Etymologies

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multi- +‎ programming

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  • I was inspired by TAOS, an OS aimed at distributed systems that used a low-level virtual machine to make code portable; BeOS didn't really impress me much, but Oberon had some interesting ideas if woefully inadequate on the multiprogramming side.

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  • In contrast, the third and fourth examples, covering memory allocation by a multiprogramming system and heap management for those languages that deal with variables whose values are \ "big\" objects, speak of allocating space in blocks of different sizes.

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  • Time-sharing system With multiprogramming, the overall system is quite efficient.

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  • To reach this new goal, a similar technique to multiprogramming can be used, called time sharing.

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  • With multiprogramming, the utilization of processor is greatly improved, but it has its own problems.

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  • IBM's first dispatcher went into their operating system when they enabled multiprogramming in the 1970s.

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  • Today, the term is rarely used since all but the most specialized computer operating systems support multiprogramming.

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  • Paging a memory management function, while multiprogramming a processor management function, are the two interdependent?

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  • An MPP system is also known as a "shared nothing" system. multiprogramming, or the interleaved execution of two or more programs by a processor.

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  • The following table gives the difference between the batch multiprogramming and time sharing: System call A system call is a request made by any program to the operating system for performing tasks -- picked from a predefined set -- which the said program does not have required permissions to execute in its own flow of execution.

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