MEANING
The management or performance of multiple tasks during overlapping periods.
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- operating-system multitasking
- attempted multitasking
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The operating system used multitasking to keep the console responsive.
Her attempted multitasking left the crucial message unread.
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- multitasking
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Usage notes
Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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