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what is Context switch?

Answer Posted / al hinai

A context switch is the computing process of saving and
restoring the state (context) of a CPU such that multiple
processes can share a single CPU resource. The context
switch is an essential feature of a multitasking operating
system.

Context switches are usually time consuming and much of the
design of operating systems is to minimize the time of
context switches.

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