Chapter 3. Definition of Multitasking

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As background material, this chapter provided a basic description of the single-task OS and application environment.

This Chapter

As background material, this chapter provides a very basic introduction to the multitask OS environment.

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As background material, this chapter provides a very basic introduction to the problems that a multitask OS must be prepared to deal with.

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