Chapter 13. Multithreading
13.1 Introduction to multithreading
13.2 Setting up threads
13.3 Synchronization among threads
13.4 Inside the Display class
13.5Case Study 9: Walkman Hire
Introduction to multithreading
In operating system terms, a program that is running is known as a process. An operating system can be running several processes for different users at any one time. Not all of these need be active: they could be awaiting their share of processor time, or they could be waiting for some information, such as user input.
Now within a single process, the same division into separately runnable subprocesses can be made. In Java these are known as ...
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