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Operating System
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Operating System
CPU
- Modern processors can execute 4 billion instructions every second.
- This is more than memory and secondary storage can keep up with
- While a processor waits for other components to catch up, it is not doing anything
- An OS will make use of this dead time by allocating CPU time to different processes
- A process is a running application
- Each application can run as if it is the only program on the system, and the operating system can allocate processor time as necessary, allowing multitasking
Multi-tasking
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- Mind Map on Operating System, created by Fraser Canham on 20/05/2021.
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