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true for both uniprocessor as well as multiprocessor systems. In the case of |
multiprocessor systems, the activities are trully happening in parallel. The |
scheduler helps to materialize this impression by planning threads on as |
many processors as possible and, where this means reaching its limits, by |
many processors as possible and, when this strategy reaches its limits, by |
quickly switching among threads executing on a single processor.</para> |
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<section> |
<title>Threads</title> |
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<para>A thread is the basic executable entity with a code and a stack. |
<para>A thread is the basic executable entity with some code and a stack. |
While the code, implemented by a C language function, can be shared by |
several threads, the stack is always private to each instance of the |
thread. Each thread belongs to exactly one task through which it shares |