OS Terms and characteristics

OS Terms and characteristics

1. Multi-user

   • Two or more users have individual accounts that allow the, to work with programs and peripheral devices at the same time

2. Multitasking

   • the computer is capable of operating multiple applications at the same time

3. Multiprocessing

   • The operating system can support two more CPUs

4. Multithreading

   • a program can be broken into smaller parts that loaded as needed by the operating systems
   • Multithreading allows different parts of a program to be run at the same time