The Fire HD 8 comes preloaded with the Amazon Appstore, which defaults to the Amazon Underground version of the store. The Amazon Appstore is a curated version of Google Play, which means a smaller selection.
A: A single-user multitasking operating system is an operating system that allows a single user to simultaneously run multiple applications on a computer. This type of operating system is found in personal desktop and laptop computers. The most popular single-user multitasking operating systems include Microsoft Windows and Macintosh. Continue Reading
As a result, a computer executes segments of multiple tasks in an interleaved manner, while the tasks share common processing resources such as central processing units (CPUs) and main memory. Multitasking does not necessarily mean that multiple tasks are executing at exactly the same time (simultaneously). In other words, multitasking does not imply parallel execution, but it does mean that more than one task can be part-way through execution at the same time, and that more than one task is advancing over a given period of time.