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OS - What are the advantages of using Thread? - Feb 27, 2010, 11:35 am by Rajmeet Ghai

What are the advantages of using Thread?

Thread can be executed simultaneously. Multithreading allows the system to run faster. Therefore, threads increase performance. Multiple threads can share a single address space, all open files, and other resources. Threads usually reduce complexity when the aim is to provide security.

OS - What are the advantages of using Thread? - Oct 29, 2008, 17:35 pm by Amit Satpute

What are the advantages of using Thread?

Some advantages of using threads are:

- A process switching takes a longer time than that by threads.
- They can execute in parallel on a multiprocessor.
- Threads can share address spaces. 

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