Editor's Note: Embedded Systems Architecture, 2nd Edition, is a practical and technical guide to understanding the components that make up an embedded system’s architecture. Offering detailed ...

We have already considered the multi-tasking concept – multiple quasi-independent programs apparently running at the same time, under the control of an operating system. Before we look at tasks in ...

Going back 35 years or so (an eon in computer industry time) all computer system tasks were performed manually. It caused system administrators to work insane hours, for many of these tasks, such as ...