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National Teaching and Learning Change ProgrammeInformation and Communication Technology: Dictionary

process

A task being run by a computer, often simultaneously with many other tasks. Many processes may exist simultaneously, each taking turns on using the CPU.

Related terms
central processing unit (CPU)processor speedbatch processinginformation processinginteractive processingprocesschild processmulti-tasking
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