Description
Preemptive Scheduling is a multitasking strategy which permits the preemption of tasks. Preemption is the act of interrupting a task currently running on the CPU, usually to execute a higher-priority task, with the intention of resuming the interrupted task at a later time.
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Preemption_(computing) (Wikipedia)
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In computing, preemption is the act of temporarily interrupting a task being carried out by a computer system, without requiring its cooperation, and with the intention of resuming the task at a later time. Such changes of the executed task are known as context switches. It is normally carried out by a privileged task or part of the system known as a preemptive scheduler, which has the power to preempt, or interrupt, and later resume, other tasks in the system.
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