What is it?
A thread is a unique sequence of instructions executed by a process. A single process can spawn multiple threads, each to take care of a small piece of a program. Take a text editor for example:
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Thread 1
Monitors inputs like the keyboard and retrieves all typed text. -
Thread 2
Renders all visual elements, along with the typed text in the screen.
The operational system handles threads and processes similarly in processor time allocation. However, memory allocation is responsibility of the application.
