Cooperative Multitasking

Cooperative Multitasking

Multitasking operating system strategy in which each process has complete control of the system until it voluntarily relinquishes control. Cooperative multitasking systems are much simpler to design than pre-emptive multitasking systems, but suffers if one process hogs the processor. cf preemptive multitasking.

Also referred to as co-operative multitasking.