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In CooperativeMultitasking, a task can keep the [CPU] to itself as long as it wants. The [Kernel] can only switch tasks if the currently running task makes a system call or calls a yield function (which technically is a system call).
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+The major drawback of this is that a misbehaving application (either maliciously or just badly-coded) can prevent other applications from running.
Used by MicrosoftWindows prior to Win32 and [MacOS] Classic.
Contrast PreemptiveMultitasking.
