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What is the name of the technique in which the operating system of a computer executes several programs concurrently by switching back and forth between them? a) Partitioning b) Multitasking c) Windowing d) Paging e) None of the above

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What is the name of the technique in which the operating system of a computer executes several programs concurrently by switching back and forth between them?

A. Partitioning B. Multitasking C. Windowing D. Paging

E. None of the above

Answer: Option B

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In Multitasking the operating system of a computer executes several programs concurrently by switching back and forth between them.

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Multitasking

It is the technique in which the operating system of a computer executes several programs concurrently by switching back and forth between them.

It allows the user to perform more than one computer task (such as the operation of an application program) at a time.

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