How Your OS Fakes Multitasking

Your phone is completely gaslighting you into thinking it can multitask. In reality,

your Operating System is just a frantic micromanager switching between apps so fast you don't notice

the lag. It’s called context switching, and it’s the only reason you can listen

to music while scrolling a feed without the whole thing crashing. The OS is the absolute boss of your hardware,

handling everything from memory allocation to stopping apps from fighting over the CPU.

It uses complex tools like threads and semaphores to prevent data collisions. Basically,

without this invisible traffic cop running the show, that expensive device in your hand is

just a glorified paperweight.