Worker Thread

GPTKB entity

Statements (39)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:software
gptkbp:canCreate Thread API
Worker Threads module in Node.js
gptkbp:category computing
concurrency
gptkbp:cause deadlocks
race conditions
gptkbp:commonIn gptkb:Java
gptkb:C++
gptkb:Node.js
desktop applications
web servers
gptkbp:communicatesVia Main Thread
other Worker Threads
gptkbp:enables improved performance
responsiveness
asynchronous processing
gptkbp:example C++ std::thread
Java Thread class
Node.js worker_threads module
Python threading.Thread
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Worker Thread
gptkbp:lifeCycle running
terminated
created
gptkbp:purpose offload work from main thread
perform background tasks
gptkbp:relatedTo Process
Event Loop
Main Thread
Thread Pool
gptkbp:requires synchronization mechanisms
gptkbp:supportsProtocol message passing
shared memory
gptkbp:usedIn parallel computing
concurrent programming
multithreaded programming
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:ThreadPool
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7