12 Threads in Java
12.1 INTRODUCTION
Running multiple programs/task on a computer is termed as multitasking. For example, running an MS-Word application and Visual C++ application at the same time is an example of multitasking. Each running instance of a program in memory is known as a process. Each process has a single unit of execution which is a thread. Thus, running multiple programs from user's point of view is multitasking, but from operating system's point of view, it is multithreading, which is also known as concurrent programming.
A process has a self-contained execution environment. A process generally has a complete, private set of basic run-time resources; in particular, each process has its own memory space. A multitasking operating ...
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