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Operating Systems

Threads. Threads. What is a thread?A thread is a unit of execution associated with a process.It has its own- thread id;- stack;- stack pointer;- program counter;- condition codes;- general purpose registers. Threads. Multiple threads associated with a process run concurrently i

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Operating Systems

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    1. Operating Systems Session 3 Threads

    2. Threads

    3. Threads What is a thread? A thread is a unit of execution associated with a process. It has its own - thread id; - stack; - stack pointer; - program counter; - condition codes; - general purpose registers

    4. Threads Multiple threads associated with a process run concurrently in the context of the process. Threads shares - code; - data; - heap; - shared libraries; - signal handlers; - open files Example: Web server – a separate thread for each open connection.

    5. Basic concepts of threads Process context can be partitioned into 1. Program context 2. Kernel context

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