answersLogoWhite

0

A thread in a CPU is a line of information that the CPU must process. You can look at the threads in your computer by hitting ctrl+alt+Del and going into the process tab.

User Avatar

Wiki User

14y ago

What else can I help you with?

Continue Learning about Physics
Related Questions

If a process terminates will its thread also terminate?

yes, because if process is terminated then its related thread has no work. After completion of process the kernel generates a thread that will cancelled the thread in order to save the time and memory of CPU.


Why would a thread ever voluntarily give the CPU by calling a thread-yield?

Theoretically a thread will give up its CPU time voluntarily by using the yield feature. But practically, the programmer will write the code and make the thread give up its CPU time. So it is not a voluntary act from the threads perspective. It is just doing it because the programmer made it do so.


What is orphan thread meaning in CPU scheduling?

When a particular thread has many dependent thread, and that particular thread is terminated, then all the threads that depends on that terminated thread will no longer belong to something and they will certainly mislead to their each functions. This is what it call orphan thread.


What is term that describes to any type of scheduling in which a running thread may involuntarily lose control of the CPU to another thread?

interrupt


What is meant by CPU Bound in C programming?

CPU Bound means that the thread is not waiting for any external event, such as I/O, the release of a time delay, or another thread. Long running threads such as calculations tend to be CPU Bound.It really has nothing to do with C programming. It is a generic computer term.


If your cpu is broken will the cpu fan work?

The fan will work - but it will spin constantly - as it would have no data to rely on to regulate the temperature of the CPU.


How does an imac work withou a CPU?

It will not operate without a CPU.


Describe the action taken by a kernel to context switch between kernel level threads?

Context switching between kernel threads typically requires saving the value of the CPU registers from the thread being switched out and restoring the CPU registers of the new thread being scheduled.


What is CPU scheduling?

The CPU scheduler is the part of the Operating System that determines when to allow each thread to execute. Usually this is done by seeing if all the wait conditions, such as IO wait, timer wait, semaphore wait, etc. have been cleared, and if the thread priority or round-robin turn criteria have been met.


How is the CPU important to the Internet?

CPU is the central processing unit of a computer. Without the CPU it is impossible that the internet will work.


What is multi thread operating system?

Basically a thread means a process which CPU is executing at particular time, if you want to run many processes (applications) in the same time, you need to have multithread OS.


What is a constant thread that binds a work of fiction together?

The theme is the constant thread that binds a work of fiction together.