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Consider a particular system that does not have an interrupting clock. The only way a process can lose the processor is to voluntarily surrender it. Additionally, the operating system does not support a dispatcher.

a) How can a group of user processes control dispatching?
b) What advantages exist in this scheme?

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Two types of multitasking scheduling schemas used by Operating Systemes are explained.

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"a) How can a group of user processes control dispatching?"

- Using cooperative multi-tasking. Every ...

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