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A common form of multitasking is provided by CPU's [[time-sharing]] that is a method for interleaving the execution of users' processes and threads, and even of independent kernel tasks – although the latter feature is feasible only in preemptive [[Kernel (operating system)|kernels]] such as [[Linux kernel|Linux]]. Preemption has an important side effect for interactive processes that are given higher priority with respect to CPU bound processes, therefore users are immediately assigned computing resources at the simple pressing of a key or when moving a mouse. Furthermore, applications like video and music reproduction are given some kind of real-time priority, preempting any other lower priority process. In time-sharing systems, [[context switch]]es are performed rapidly, which makes it seem like multiple processes are being executed simultaneously on the same processor. This seemingly-simultaneous execution of multiple processes is called [[Concurrency (computer science)|concurrency]].

For security and reliability, most modern [[operating system]]s prevent direct [[inter-process communication|communtioncommunication]] between independent processes, providing strictly mediated and controlled inter-process communication.

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