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#  Scheduling

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  * 01/07/2021 
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The system scheduler controls multitasking by determining which of the
competing threads receives the next processor time slice. The scheduler
determines which thread runs next using scheduling priorities.

For more information, see the following topics:

  * [ Scheduling Priorities ](scheduling-priorities)
  * [ Context Switches ](context-switches)
  * [ Priority Boosts ](priority-boosts)
  * [ Priority Inversion ](priority-inversion)
  * [ Multiple Processors ](multiple-processors)
  * [ NUMA Support ](numa-support)
  * [ Thread Ordering Service ](thread-ordering-service)
  * [ Multimedia Class Scheduler Service ](multimedia-class-scheduler-service)
  * [ Processor Groups ](processor-groups)

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