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MULTIPROGRAMMING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does multiprogramming mean? 

MULTIPROGRAMMING (noun)
  The noun MULTIPROGRAMMING has 1 sense:

1. the execution of two or more computer programs by a single computerplay

  Familiarity information: MULTIPROGRAMMING used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MULTIPROGRAMMING (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The execution of two or more computer programs by a single computer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

concurrent execution; multiprogramming

Hypernyms ("multiprogramming" is a kind of...):

execution; instruction execution ((computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer)


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