What is preemptive and Non-preemptive Time Scheduling?

Answer Posted / surbhi

generally,an os is said to be preemptive if it is allowed to
interrupt on executing task & replace it with another
ready-to-run task...

in non preemptive system, the task executing either run to
completion or voluntarily relinquishes control of the
processor..

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