Basic Concept in C#

Hi Amit,

Multitasking is the ability of a computer to run more than one program, or task , at the same time. Multitasking contrasts with single-tasking, where one process must entirely finish before another can begin. MS-DOS is primarily a single-tasking environment, while Windows 3.1 and Windows NT are both multi-tasking environments.

A multiprocessing operating system is one that can run on computer systems that contain more than one processor. Windows NT is a symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) system, meaning that it assumes that all of the processors are equal and that they all have access to the same physical memory. Therefore, Windows NT can run any thread on any available processor regardless of what process, user or Executive, owns the thread.

Please refer the below link for more details

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc767883.aspx
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/threads/multithreading_cs.aspx

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Satyapriya Nayak15y ago
Hi Amit,

Multitasking is the ability of a computer to run more than one program, or task , at the same time. Multitasking contrasts with single-tasking, where one process must entirely finish before another can begin. MS-DOS is primarily a single-tasking environment, while Windows 3.1 and Windows NT are both multi-tasking environments.

A multiprocessing operating system is one that can run on computer systems that contain more than one processor. Windows NT is a symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) system, meaning that it assumes that all of the processors are equal and that they all have access to the same physical memory. Therefore, Windows NT can run any thread on any available processor regardless of what process, user or Executive, owns the thread.

Please refer the below link for more details

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc767883.aspx
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/threads/multithreading_cs.aspx

Thanks