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'''Task''' is a subject of scheduling, usually owning other system resources. Operating systems ([[OS]]) supporting multiple tasks are called '''multitasking'''. Modern OS may have several types of tasks: [[process]], [[thread]], fiber. For a language supporting concurrency there are multiple options to map language defined tasks: |
'''Task''' is a subject of scheduling, usually owning other system resources. Operating systems ([[OS]]) supporting multiple tasks are called '''multitasking'''. Modern OS may have several types of tasks: [[process]], [[thread]], fiber. For a language supporting concurrency there are multiple options to map language defined tasks: |
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* mapping to the OS scheduling items |
* mapping to the OS scheduling items, like a process or more often a thread; |
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* using own scheduler within single OS task; |
* using own scheduler within single OS task; |
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* own scheduler without OS support, bare board, common for real-time embedded systems. |
* own scheduler without OS support, bare board, common for [[real-time computing|real-time]] embedded systems. |
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Latest revision as of 17:07, 28 April 2009
Task is a subject of scheduling, usually owning other system resources. Operating systems (OS) supporting multiple tasks are called multitasking. Modern OS may have several types of tasks: process, thread, fiber. For a language supporting concurrency there are multiple options to map language defined tasks:
- mapping to the OS scheduling items, like a process or more often a thread;
- using own scheduler within single OS task;
- own scheduler without OS support, bare board, common for real-time embedded systems.