Multitasking has gotten a bad rap. Decades of studies have been conducted that point out the many costs of multitasking and the negative outcomes it can have (see Multicosts of Multitasking for a ...

In a world driven by constant notifications and digital overload, multitasking has become the norm. From texting while working to juggling emails during meetings, our attention is constantly divided.

A multitasking environment in which an application gives up control of the CPU to another application only at certain points, such as when it is ready to accept keyboard input. Under this method, one ...