The main purpose to allow multiple processes to run at the same time. So more can be done in a given amount of time.
I was wondering what the purpose of a multi cored computer is. The way I understand it is that multi cores operate on different threads. Doesn't that mean that the a multi cored computer only uses one of it's cores or.... I don't even have enough knowledge about this to ask an intelligent question!--:-)~MIKE~(-:
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