Difference between symmetric and asymmetric multiprocessing, Operating System

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Symmetric multiprocessing (SMP), in which every processor runs an identical copy of the operating system and these copies, communicate with one another as required. 

Asymmetric multiprocessing, in which every processor is assigned an exact task. The master processor controls the system; the other processor looks the master.

 


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