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it so that they can each execute the same program-code. Such a program is called re-entrant. At a given instant, the processor can only be executing one instruction from one program, but several processes can be sustained over a period of time by assigning each process to the processor at intervals while the remainder become temporarily inactive. The execution of multiple processes over a period of time, rather than simultaneously, is known as

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