Operating Systems Question Bank with Answers 06

What are the typical uses of threads in operating systems?

Question:

What are the typical uses of threads?

Answer:

The different purpose of threads are;

• Splitting work across processors (shared memory multiprocessor)

• Added responsiveness (handle user input while still finishing another function)

• Controlling and monitoring other threads

• Server applications

• Can help program abstraction

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