distinguish between multi-tasking,multi-user,multi-
processing and time sharing?

Answer Posted / farishta

multi - programming : multiple programs can be run on the
same system
muti tasking : an logical extension of multi pprogramming
to perform multiple task at a same time or at different time

multi user : multiple users can work on time time or
different time
multi processing : multiple jobs by several cpus
timesharing : different tasks can share different rsources

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