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The canonical example of a monotasking operating system is MS-DOS, which falls in between the two forms. While not supporting multitasking directly, MS-DOS allows programs to terminate execution but does not mark the memory they exist in as usable (known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminate_and_Stay_Resident Terminate and Stay Resident]). Programs which TSR can be communicated with after they quit by devices and other programs.
While they are easier to design and write, monotasking operating systems are extremely limited. As a result, nearly all
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