Usually means: Changing task focus in computing.
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  1. context switch: Dictionary.com
  2. Context switch: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. context switch: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
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  3. context switch, Context switch: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Context switch)

noun:  In computing, a context switch is the process of storing the state of a process or thread, so that it can be restored and resume execution at a later point, and then restoring a different, previously saved, state.


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