A thread,sometimes called a lightweight process(LWP),is a basic unit of CPU utilization;it comprises a thread ID,a program counter,a register set,and a stack.It shares with other threads belonging to the same process its code section,data section,and other operating-system resources,such as open files and signals.A traditional(or heavyweight)process has a single thread of control.If the process has multiple threads of control,it can do more than one task at a time.
A thread is a light-weight process. The implementation of threads and processes differs from one operating system to another, but in most cases, a thread is contained inside a process. Multiple threads can exist within the same process and share resources such as memory, while different processes do not share these resources. In particular, the threads of a process share the latter’s instructions (its code) and its context (the values that its variables reference at any given moment).
On a single processor, multithreading generally occurs by time-division multiplexing (as in multitasking)
A thread is a light-weight process. The implementation of threads and processes differs from one operating system to another, but in most cases, a thread is contained inside a process. Multiple threads can exist within the same process and share resources such as memory, while different processes do not share these resources. In particular, the threads of a process share the latter’s instructions (its code) and its context (the values that its variables reference at any given moment).
On a single processor, multithreading generally occurs by time-division multiplexing (as in multitasking)
In a simple way its just a “delay” for an action
A thread,sometimes called a lightweight process(LWP),is a basic unit of CPU utilization;it comprises a thread ID,a program counter,a register set,and a stack.It shares with other threads belonging to the same process its code section,data section,and other operating-system resources,such as open files and signals.A traditional(or heavyweight)process has a single thread of control.If the process has multiple threads of control,it can do more than one task at a time.
A thread is a light-weight process. The implementation of threads and processes differs from one operating system to another, but in most cases, a thread is contained inside a process. Multiple threads can exist within the same process and share resources such as memory, while different processes do not share these resources. In particular, the threads of a process share the latter’s instructions (its code) and its context (the values that its variables reference at any given moment).
On a single processor, multithreading generally occurs by time-division multiplexing (as in multitasking)
A thread is a light-weight process. The implementation of threads and processes differs from one operating system to another, but in most cases, a thread is contained inside a process. Multiple threads can exist within the same process and share resources such as memory, while different processes do not share these resources. In particular, the threads of a process share the latter’s instructions (its code) and its context (the values that its variables reference at any given moment).
On a single processor, multithreading generally occurs by time-division multiplexing (as in multitasking)