source: doc/proposals/concurrency/glossary.tex @ 848ce71

\makeglossaries
\longnewglossaryentry{uthread}
{name={user-level thread}}
{
Threads created and managed inside user-space. Each thread has its own stack and its own thread of execution. User-level threads are insisible to the underlying operating system.

\textit{Synonyms : User threads, Lightweight threads, Green threads, Virtual threads, Tasks.}
}

\longnewglossaryentry{kthread}
{name={kernel-level thread}}
{
Threads created and managed inside kernel-space. Each thread has its own stack and its own thread of execution. Kernel-level threads are owned, managed and scheduled by the underlying operating system.

\textit{Synonyms : OS threads, Hardware threads, Physical threads.}
}

\longnewglossaryentry{fiber}
{name={fiber}}
{
Fibers are non-preemptive user-level threads. They share most of the caracteristics of user-level threads except that they cannot be preempted by an other fiber.

\textit{Synonyms : Tasks.}
}

\longnewglossaryentry{job}
{name={job}}
{
Unit of work, often send to a thread pool or worker pool to be executed. Has neither its own stack or its own thread of execution.

\textit{Synonyms : Tasks.}
}