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From:	Arno DOT Schuh AT t-online DOT de (Arno Schuh)
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Subject:	Re: multitasking?
Date:	Tue, 30 Oct 2001 00:06:32 +0100
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So when I download a 10 MB file, while fetching my mails and newsgroups,
while running a telnet connection to my ISP's linux server and using Lynx
simultaniously at the same time - is that multitasking or not? Minuet is
capable of this and I did it often.

Von: "Ben A L Jemmett" <ben DOT jemmett AT ukonline DOT co DOT uk>
Gesendet: Montag, 29. Oktober 2001 20:02


> A multitasking system runs the various programs pretty much simultaneously
> as opposed to switching between them (in the latter case, programs not in
> the foreground are suspended).

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