- Author: [[Wikipedia]] - Full Title: Preemption (Computing) - Wikipedia - Tags:: #[[Context-switching]] [[Deep Work]] [[Tech]] [[An external monitor that oversees the flow of work improves general performance]] - URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preemption_(computing) ### Highlights first synced by [[Readwise]] [[2020-12-19]] > In computing, preemption is the act of temporarily interrupting a task being carried out by a computer system, without requiring its cooperation, and with the intention of resuming the task at a later time. Such changes of the executed task are known as context switches. They are normally carried out by a privileged task or part of the system known as a preemptive scheduler, which has the power to preempt, or interrupt, and later resume, other tasks in the system. [[Preemption bestows short-term advantages and long-term disadvantages to performance]]