The Illusion of Computer Multitasking

Your computer is gaslighting you into thinking it can multitask. It is actually doing

one single thing at a time, but it uses a trick called process abstraction to fake it.

Every time you click an app, the OS builds a process with its own memory and ID.

Since the CPU can only handle one active process, it rapidly switches between them,

saving the exact state in a Process Control Block before moving to the next. It is like a juggler

handling twenty balls but only touching one at a time. Basically, your operating system

is just a really stressed-out micromanager trying to keep everything from crashing.