.................. refers to the ability of an operating system to support multiple threads of execution with a single process. A) Multithreading B) Multiprocessing C) Multiexecuting D) Bi-threading

.................. refers to the ability of an operating system to support multiple threads of execution  with a single process.
A) Multithreading
B) Multiprocessing
C) Multiexecuting
D) Bi-threading
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A) Multithreading
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