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Old 12-12-2006, 04:21 AM
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I read that UNIX is a multitasking and multiuser operating system. What is the difference between multitasking and multiuser operating system.
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Old 04-09-2007, 08:03 AM
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A multi-user Operating System allows for multiple users to use the same computer at the same time or at different times. Multitasking is the ability of an Operating system that is capable of allowing multiple software processes to run at the same time.
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Can someone mention the Operating system that supports both multitasking and multi-user. I know one such operating system is UNIX. Apart from this what are the other operating systems.
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