Chapter 1. Introduction to Threads
IN THIS CHAPTER
Isn't it nice to be able to read and scroll the text of a Web page while the graphics continue to load? How about having a document in a word processor print in the background while you open another document for editing? Perhaps you've enjoyed writing a response to an email message while another incoming message with a large file attached is quietly downloaded simultaneously? Threads make all this convenient functionality possible by allowing a multithreaded program to do more than one task at a time. This book helps you learn the skills and techniques necessary ...
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