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What is a “thread” (really)?

I have been trying to find a good definition, and get an understanding, of what a thread really is. It seems that I ...

May 15, 2022
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What’s the difference between deadlock and livelock?

Can somebody please explain with examples (of code) what is the difference between deadlock and livelock? 7 Answers 7

May 10, 2022
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How many threads is too many?

I am writing a server, and I send each action of into a separate thread when the request is received. I do this ...

May 10, 2022
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What is a semaphore?

A semaphore is a programming concept that is frequently used to solve multi-threading problems. My question to the community: What is a semaphore ...

May 8, 2022
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What is the meaning of the term “thread-safe”?

Does it mean that two threads can’t change the underlying data simultaneously? Or does it mean that the given code segment will run ...

May 6, 2022
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How should I unit test multithreaded code?

I have thus far avoided the nightmare that is testing multi-threaded code since it just seems like too much of a minefield. I’d ...

April 22, 2022
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What is a mutex?

A mutex is a programming concept that is frequently used to solve multi-threading problems. My question to the community: What is a mutex ...

April 20, 2022
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What is a race condition?

When writing multithreaded applications, one of the most common problems experienced is race conditions. My questions to the community are: What is the ...

April 14, 2022
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What is the difference between a process and a thread?

What is the technical difference between a process and a thread? I get the feeling a word like ‘process’ is overused and there ...

April 10, 2022
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