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- Multithreading typically refers to sharing a single CPU between multiple tasks (or "threads") in a way designed to minimise the time required to switch threads. This is accomplished by sharing as much as possible of the program execution environment between the different threads so that very little state needs to be saved and restored when changing thread. Multiple threads can be executed in parallel on many computer systems. This multithreading generally occurs by time slicing, wherein a single processor switches between different threads--in which case the processing is not literally "simultaneous", for the single processor is only really doing one thing at a time. On a multiprocessor system, threading can be achieved via multiprocessing, wherein different threads can run simultaneously on different processors. www.NetworkDictionary.com
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- The design of the Java language makes multithreading essential for all but the simplest applets. In particular, IO and GUI programming both require multithreading to provide a seamless experience for the user. - IBM by
- On a multi-processor computer, multithreading is implemented with a mixture of time-slicing and genuine concurrency – where different threads run code simultaneously on different CPUs. - O'Reilly Media by
- Multithreading requires careful programming. For most tasks, you can reduce complexity by queuing requests for execution by thread pool threads. - Microsoft Corporation by
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- Traitement multitâche qui se traduit par l'exécution simultanée des fils d'un même processus, et qui permet d'accélérer l'exécution d'un programme par l'exploitation à d'autres fins du temps d'attente imposé au processeur lors de l'accès aux données GRand dictionnaire terminologique - by Chantal de Lorme
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- Le noyau de Mac OS X Server offre une capacité de traitement multifil supérieure et des algorithmes d'affinité des processeurs offrant une prise en charge efficace des applications multifils avec la dernière génération de processeurs Intel multicœurs - Site Apple by Chantal de Lorme
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