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What is a thread?
Short answer. One path of execution inside a program.
Which thread does every Java program start with?
The main thread.
What a thread is
| One path of execution |
| Programs start in main thread |
| Many threads run together |
Remember
| Thread: one path of work |
| Multithreading: many at once |
How does an app play music while you scroll? It uses threads. A thread is one path of execution. Every program starts in the main thread. More threads run tasks together. A thread is one path of work. Multithreading runs many at once.
This clip is from the full lesson: Assertions and Threads in Java — 6 minutes, with the tables, the quick answers and the whole lesson in text.
Useful for: CBSE Class 12 Information Technology (802), CBSE Class 12 Information Technology (802)
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