multiprogramming

multiprogramming
/mul'tee proh"gram ing, -greuh ming, mul'tuy-/, n. Computers.
the overlapped or interleaved execution of two or more programs by a single CPU.
[1955-60; MULTI- + PROGRAM + -ING1]

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