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
Part of the Computing fundamentals glossary: Multitasking, in an operating system, is allowing a user to perform more than one computer task (such as the operation of an application program) at a time. The operating system is able to keep track of where you are in these tasks and go from one to the other without losing information.