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In computer science, a thread of execution is the smallest sequence of programmed instructions that can be managed independently by a scheduler, which is typically a part of the operating system. In many cases, a thread is a component of a process.
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threads thread process kernel user system processes multithreading resources one operating threading programming systems memory model scheduling data execution multiple
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| memory | instance of | sharing resources | 0.80 | text |
| while different processes do not share these resources | instance of | sharing resources | 0.80 | text |
| pthreads-w32 | instance of | pthreads has also been implemented on Windows with third-party packages | 0.80 | text |
| which implements the standard on top of the existing Windows API.The use of threads in software applications became more common in the early 2000s as CPUs began to utilize multiple cores | instance of | pthreads has also been implemented on Windows with third-party packages | 0.80 | text |
| a runtime system can itself schedule multiple threads of execution | instance of | At the user level a process | 0.80 | text |
| inheriting file handles or shared memory segments | instance of | and do not share address spaces or file resources except through explicit methods | 0.80 | text |
| or mapping the same file in a shared way | instance of | and do not share address spaces or file resources except through explicit methods | 0.80 | text |
| cache flushing | instance of | due to issues | 0.80 | text |
| Windows NT | instance of | whereas threads share their address spaceprocesses interact only through system-provided inter-process communication mechanismscontext switching between threads in the same proc… | 0.80 | text |
| OS/2 are said to have cheap threads | instance of | whereas threads share their address spaceprocesses interact only through system-provided inter-process communication mechanismscontext switching between threads in the same proc… | 0.80 | text |
| expensive processes | instance of | whereas threads share their address spaceprocesses interact only through system-provided inter-process communication mechanismscontext switching between threads in the same proc… | 0.80 | text |
| mutexes to lock data structures against concurrent access | instance of | offer synchronization primitives | 0.80 | text |
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