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Thread (computing)

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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Thread (computing)

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Avg. degree1.99
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Components1

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threads thread process kernel user system processes multithreading resources one operating threading programming systems memory model scheduling data execution multiple

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memoryinstance ofsharing resources0.80text
while different processes do not share these resourcesinstance ofsharing resources0.80text
pthreads-w32instance ofpthreads has also been implemented on Windows with third-party packages0.80text
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 coresinstance ofpthreads has also been implemented on Windows with third-party packages0.80text
a runtime system can itself schedule multiple threads of executioninstance ofAt the user level a process0.80text
inheriting file handles or shared memory segmentsinstance ofand do not share address spaces or file resources except through explicit methods0.80text
or mapping the same file in a shared wayinstance ofand do not share address spaces or file resources except through explicit methods0.80text
cache flushinginstance ofdue to issues0.80text
Windows NTinstance ofwhereas threads share their address spaceprocesses interact only through system-provided inter-process communication mechanismscontext switching between threads in the same proc…0.80text
OS/2 are said to have cheap threadsinstance ofwhereas threads share their address spaceprocesses interact only through system-provided inter-process communication mechanismscontext switching between threads in the same proc…0.80text
expensive processesinstance ofwhereas threads share their address spaceprocesses interact only through system-provided inter-process communication mechanismscontext switching between threads in the same proc…0.80text
mutexes to lock data structures against concurrent accessinstance ofoffer synchronization primitives0.80text

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