Inside the ComputerMultitasking
Your Computer Doesn't Multitask
It switches between jobs so fast it fools you
Music plays, a map loads, a message lands, all at the same moment. Or does it only look that way?
You'll find out
- How many things one chip does at once
- How short a turn has to be to fool you
- Why one stuck app used to freeze it all
Why it matters
Every frozen app, stutter and strange once-a-month bug traces back to how a computer shares its attention.
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