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.NET Framework Standard Library Annotated Reference, Volume 1: Base Class Library and Extended Numerics Library
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.NET Framework Standard Library Annotated Reference, Volume 1: Base Class Library and Extended Numerics Library

by Brad Abrams
March 2004
Intermediate to advanced
560 pages
26h 47m
English
Addison-Wesley Professional
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A process may create and execute one or more threads to execute a portion of the program code associated with the process. A System.Threading.ThreadStart delegate is used to specify the program code executed by a thread.

Some operating systems might not utilize the concepts of threads or preemptive scheduling. Also, the concept of “thread priority” might not exist at all or its meaning may vary, depending on the underlying operating system. Implementers of the System.Threading.Thread type are required to describe their threading policies, including what thread priority means, how many threading priority levels exist, and whether scheduling is preemptive.

For the duration of its existence, a thread is always in one or more of the states ...

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