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<h1 class="topictitle1">Multithreaded applications</h1>
<div><p>A <em>thread</em> is the path taken by a program while running, the
steps performed, and the order in which the steps are performed.</p>
<p>The term thread is short for <em>thread of control</em>. A thread runs code
from its starting location in an ordered, predefined sequence for a given
set of inputs. You can use multiple threads to improve application performance
by running different application tasks simultaneously.</p>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rzahwprint.htm">Printable PDF</a></strong><br />
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rzahwas4co.htm">Threads on i5/OS</a></strong><br />
All programs have at least one thread, referred to as the <em>initial
thread</em>. In a program with multiple threads, each thread runs its code
independently of the other threads in the program.</li>
<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rzahwtwoco.htm">i5/OS thread management</a></strong><br />
The concepts described here pertain to all programming languages.</li>
<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rzahwsafco.htm">Thread safety</a></strong><br />
A function is threadsafe if you can start it simultaneously in multiple threads within the same process. A function is threadsafe if and only if all the functions it calls are also threadsafe.</li>
<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rzahwmulco.htm">Multithreaded programming techniques</a></strong><br />
If you are going to write multithreaded applications or server
applications for <span class="keyword">i5/OS™</span>,
you should be familiar with several techniques.</li>
<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rzahwlanco.htm">Language access and threads</a></strong><br />
Learn how different languages support threads on <span class="keyword">i5/OS™</span>.
This information can help you evaluate how threads can be implemented in your
own application.</li>
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Use the concepts and techniques that are described here to learn about debugging and servicing multithreaded jobs:</li>
<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rzahwpcoco.htm">Performance considerations in multithreaded applications</a></strong><br />
There are several performance considerations for multithreaded
jobs on <span class="keyword">i5/OS™</span>.</li>
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