Features of a Windows Application
Windows applications are created using the Win32 Application Programming Interface, which contains the class library or set of classes required to build a Windows application. The Win32 API enables you to create 32-bit applications that can run on the Windows platform. Windows-based applications support both multitasking and multithreading.
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A task is a unit of programming that is controlled by an operating system. When a program is executed the operating system creates a task for that program. Multitasking refers to the processing of more than one task or a program at a time. In reality, only one task is processed at a given point of time. However, the operating system switches among the various tasks so ...
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