So far you would have been learned about a single thread. Lets us know about the concept of multithreading and learn the implementation of it. But before that, lets be aware from the multitasking.
So far you would have been learned about a single thread. Lets us know about the concept of multithreading and learn the implementation of it. But before that, lets be aware from the multitasking.Introduction
So far you would have been learned about a single thread. Lets us know about the concept of multithreading and learn the implementation of it. But before that, lets be aware from the multitasking.
Multitasking :
Multitasking
allow to execute more than one tasks at the same time, a task being a program.
In multitasking only one CPU is involved but it can switches from one program to
another program so quickly that's why it gives the appearance of executing all
of the programs at the same time. Multitasking allow processes (i.e. programs)
to run concurrently on the program. For Example running the spreadsheet program
and you are working with word processor also.
Multitasking is running heavyweight processes by a single OS.
Multithreading:
Multithreading is a technique that allows a program or a process to execute many tasks concurrently (at the same time and parallel). It allows a process to run its tasks in parallel mode on a single processor system
In the multithreading concept, several multiple lightweight processes are run in a single process/ task or program by a single processor. For Example, When you use a word processor you perform a many different tasks such as printing, spell checking and so on. Multithreaded software treats each process as a separate program.
In Java, the Java Virtual Machine (JVM)
allows an application to have multiple threads of execution running
concurrently. It allows a program to be more responsible to the user. When
a program contains multiple threads then the CPU can switch between the
two threads to execute them at the same time.
For example, look at the diagram shown as:
In this diagram, two threads are being executed having more than one task. The task of each thread is switched to the task of another thread.
Advantages of multithreading over multitasking:
Different states in multi- threads are-
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