erating Systems Capabilities: time sharing MANY USERS SHARE LARGE CPU Time in CPu divided into slices(e.g: 2 microseconds) Each user has access to cpu during slice Single CPU is fast, can do much during time slice Users job swapped out at end of sliceHUANG Lihua, Fudan University Operating Systems Capabilities: time sharing MANY USERS SHARE LARGE CPU: • Time in CPU divided into slices (e.g.: 2 microseconds) • Each user has access to CPU during slice. • Single CPU is fast, can do much during time slice • User’s job swapped out at end of slice