Multithreading

Multithreading is a programming paradigm that allows for concurrent, rather than serial, processing. Multiple client requests to a server are handled as a single process, with much less overhead than if separate processes were started independently.

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Multithreading

A short discussion of the highlights of multithreading

SavvySearch

Sun's Multithreaded Query Page

CUSI Multiple Search

Multithreading is used to initiate a number of search programs at once, as in the above search programs. A search term is entered only once. The queries run in parallel and take as long as the slowest search engine selected.