AKSHA - THE LEARNING PATH

Threads: a) One of the benefits of using multiple threads in an application is that each thread executes asynchronously.   b) For Windows applications, this allows time-consuming tasks to be performed in the background while the application window and controls remain responsive. c) For server applications, multithreading provides the ability to handle each incoming request with a different thread.  Otherwise, each new request would not get serviced until the previous request had been fully satisfied. Problems with Multithreading: Multithreading improves the performance and utilization of CPU, but it also introduces various problems. a) Deadlock b) Race Condition c) Starvation Deadlock: A deadlock occurs when two or more threads are blocked forever because they are each waiting for shared resources that the other threads hold. This creates a cycle of waiting, and none of the threads can proceed. Race Condition: A race condition occurs when two or more threads access shared...