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Kernel preemption
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<p>In computer <a href="/facts/Operating_system/8XTuvMh2">operating system</a> design, kernel preemption is a property possessed by some <a href="/facts/Kernel_(operating_system)/uEj4U3Rz">kernels</a>, in which the <a href="/facts/CPU/Jxp1bqMV">CPU</a> can be interrupted in the middle of executing <a href="/facts/Kernel_mode/27y4kjHs">kernel code</a> and assigned other tasks (from which it later returns to finish its kernel tasks). </p>