Threads and Semaphores: 3 GEOS Multitasking

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GEOS implements a preemptive multitasking scheme. Application programs are required to follow certain "good citizen" rules and are otherwise given the illusion that they are alone on the system. The applications themselves are, for the most part, isolated from the multitasking environment.


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