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by mashmac2 3376 days ago
Context switch in this article = within a computer and processor, not about psychology
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Humans are several orders of magnitude slower.
Well this is a computer technology new aggregator isn't it? Not a psychology one.
To be fair, we do frequently talk about 'context switching' in a metaphorical sense of flitting between programming and conversations/meetings, or among different projects.

If anything, I think I agree with GP that it's more unusual to see the term used in the 'real' (not metaphorical) sense on the front page.