Multithreading is the ability of a central processing unit to execute multiple processes or threads concurrently, supported by the operating system.

Safety issues: Without proper synchronization a program where the order of execution is important can cause unexpected results with multiple threads. 

Multi-threading is best used for situations where you have a lot of asynchronous functions which can work on independent data coupled with long wait states.

Using multiple threads have improved a lot the speed, simply because non-dependant tasks can be done simultaneously.

Last modified: March 22, 2019

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