Introduction to Concurrency and Threads
Explore the basics of concurrency and threads in operating systems. Understand how threads differ from processes by sharing address space but maintaining independent execution states. Learn about context switching between threads, thread control blocks, and the management of multiple stacks within a multi-threaded process to handle concurrent execution effectively.
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Thus far, you have seen the development of the basic abstractions that the OS performs. You have seen how to take a single physical CPU and turn it into multiple virtual CPUs, thus enabling the illusion of multiple programs running at the same time. You have also seen how to create ...