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 UNIX is a multitasking, multiuser operating system.
-So far in this course you have dealt with the multiuser aspect of the system (through the **who**(**1**) utility from [[spring2011/unix/labs/lab0|Lab #0]] and with the **write**(**1**), **talk**(**1**), and **ytalk**(**1**) utilities in the [[spring2011/unix/cs/cs5|UNIX Messaging Utilities]] Case Study). Through this usage you have seen that many users can be on the system simultaneously, each doing individual tasks.
+So far in this course you have dealt with the multiuser aspect of the system (through the **who**(**1**) utility from [[/haas/spring2014/unix/labs/lab0|Lab #0]] and with the **write**(**1**), **talk**(**1**), and **ytalk**(**1**) utilities. Through this usage you have seen that many users can be on the system simultaneously, each doing individual tasks.
 So what is multitasking? Multitasking is the ability of the system's processor to allocate cycles of CPU time efficiently enough in order to give the appearance that many processes are running simultaneously.

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