Okay, so firstly... the CPU doesn't have to know where to "send" the data or what task to do or anything like that, the task manager does it (Every OS comes with one, so there's no need to panic or go looking for one).
Quad-core is meant to handle multiple threads, each one being able to take up one core. Most applications only run single thread, since creating multi-threaded programs is a lot harded and most applications don't need the performance of more than one cores. Some programs (such as video/graphics editing, and several games) are designed to create multiple threads to get the job done faster. And yes, you're right, you can use a quad-core to run several programs and they won't bog each other down, that's one thing it can be (and is) used for- multitasking.
OCing a quad doesn't differ from OCing dual-core CPUs in any way, you can OC a quad and a lot of people do that.
P.S. fox1... you may want to state the source when you quote stuff.
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