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From: lindwall@sdsu.UUCP (John Lindwall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Byte Bites. (So have we read the Graphics section yet?)
Summary: Please define terms
Message-ID: <3640@sdsu.UUCP>
Date: 5 Apr 89 05:25:37 GMT
References: <8904011630.AA21629@jade.berkeley.edu> <IYCER8y00VsfQ8XX5s@andrew.cmu.edu>
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In article <IYCER8y00VsfQ8XX5s@andrew.cmu.edu>, mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Portuesi) writes:
> is incorrect, but not a deliberate attempt to slam the Amiga.  It merely
> confuses "multitasking" with "multiprocessing".
> 
> If you decide to write a letter to Byte, it would be wise to simply correct
> their terminology and point out that the Amiga has a multitasking operating
> system in addition to multiprocessing capability at the chip level.  Such a

Please help me out by clarifying the difference between the terms
"multiprocessing" and "multitasking".

Does multitasking refer to time-sliced process scheduling, whereas multi-
processing refers to true simultaneous operation of processing elements?
(I may be wrong but that sentence sure sounds like I know something!) :-)

Thank You.

John Lindwall
johnl@tw-rnd.SanDiego.NCR.COM

Above opinions are mine and not my employers nor my schools.