thread
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smallest sequence of programmed instructions that can be managed independently by a scheduler
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A process with two threads of execution, running on one processor Program vs. process vs. thread scheduling, preemption, context switching
In computer science, a thread of execution is the smallest sequence of programmed instructions that can be managed independently by a scheduler, which is typically a part of the operating system. In many cases, a thread is a component of a process.
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