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multiˈprogramming, vbl. n. Computers.
[multi- 2.]
The execution of two or more independent programs concurrently.
1959Communications Assoc. Computing Machinery Nov. 15/1 The normal requirement in multiprogramming is to communicate with a particular program and at the same time allow all other programs to proceed... We now desire to stop a program rather than the machine. 1965A. G. Favret Introd. Digital Computer Applic. xvi. 234 Multiprogramming techniques will probably also be used in some industrial process control applications where one computer is utilized to control several different processes on a time-shared basis. 1970A. Cameron et al. Computers & Old Eng. Concordances 25 You can do a run on a 360, of course, without tying up the entire 360 through..something called multi-programming. 1973Murrill & Smith Introd. Computer Sci. vii. 260 The objective of multi⁓programming is to maintain two or more programs in memory simultaneously so that the processor can be working on one program while it is waiting for an input or output operation to be completed in the other program.
So multiˈprogram, multiˈprogrammed adjs. [multi- 3, 1], designed for or pertaining to multiprogramming.
1959Proc. Eastern Joint Computer Conf. Dec. 75 (heading) Arithmetic and control in a multiprogram computer. Ibid. 80/2 The amount of work which can be accomplished per second..is, of course, increased enormously in a multi-programmed design. 1961Multiprogrammed [see multiprocessor]. 1964T. W. McRae Impact of Computers on Accounting vii. 209 By far the most interesting development..has been the introduction of multi⁓programme machines, which can process a number of jobs at the same time. 1967H. Hellerman Digital Computer System Princ. ii. 107 In multiprogrammed systems it [sc. a control program] also resolves all conflicts among problem programs for calls on common facilities and ensures privacy among the several users that may be sharing these facilities. Ibid. viii. 345 The major impetus for storage protection arises in multiprogram sharing of processor storage. |