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dash
Greenhorn
Joined: Feb 26, 2002
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Can we have a multithreading O/S in a system with one PC(Program Counter)and one register set ?
Plz anyone send me the reply .
Thanx in advance
Regards
dash
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Rob Ross
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Joined: Jan 07, 2002
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Of course you can! Most personal computers do that very thing. The CPU is shared among all the threads/processes on the machines, so they each get a turn to run. The net effect is that the system "seems" to be doing many things at the same time.
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Rob
SCJP 1.4
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Peter den Haan
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Joined: Apr 20, 2000
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"Dash", please take a look at our naming policy and pick a different displayed name.
Just keeping up appearances 
- Peter
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