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What is preemptive multitasking?

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What is preemptive multitasking?
posted Apr 9, 2016 by Sathaybama

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Preemptive multitasking allows an operating system to switch between software programs. This in turn allows multiple programs to run without necessarily taking complete control over the processor and resulting in system crashes.

answer Apr 9, 2016 by Shivaranjini
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