Write down the short notes multiprocessing
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Multiprocessing means the ability to process more task in the single device or a device having more cpu in on device.
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See, while using a computer, or a mobile phone, or anything else, you do multitasking, even without your knowing also! Let us first take a look at what multitasking is.
Multitasking is a process by which, in an OS, you do two functions simultaneously.
Let's take a look at a common example of multitasking in windows XP and later. When you right-click the task-bar, a pop-up menu shows with some options, on of which is show windows side by side. Here, if two or more windows(applications) are open at that time, windows will show them side-by-side on the screen and you can then work on two different windows simultaneously.
Another common example that could be given here is that you are listening to music on our pc, while working on a document. Here also, two applications are working side-by-side.
What is RAM?
RAM or Random Access Memory is a temporary storage which is deleted when the computer is shut down. To save the data, ROM (Read Only Memory) is used.
In simple words, the more the RAM of a device, the more applications it could run side-by-side. Running of more applications side-by-side means that multitasking is taking place.
So, a good reason why multitasking is important is that we- most of the times need to do two or more tasks together to save time.
Windows XP was the first windows which supported multitasking. You still see many people using XP, but, none of them uses winME or 2000. That's enough...