Threads in Python

In this section, we are going to introduce the concept of threads and how we can manage them with Python modules.

Introduction to Threads

Threads are streams that can be scheduled by the operating system and can be executed across a single core in a concurrent way or in parallel way across multiple cores. Threads can interact with shared resources, such as memory, and they can also modify things simultaneously or even in parallel.

Types of threads

There are two distinct types of threads:

• Kernel-level threads: Low-level threads, the user can not interact...