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1\makeglossaries
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4% \longnewglossaryentry{uthread}
5% {name={user-level thread}}
6% {
7% Threads created and managed inside user-space. Each thread has its own stack and its own thread of execution. User-level threads are invisible to the underlying operating system.
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9% \textit{Synonyms : User threads, Lightweight threads, Green threads, Virtual threads, Tasks.}
10% }
11% C_TODO: replace usages of these acronyms with \acrshort{name}
12\newacronym{tls}{TLS}{Thread Local Storage}
13\newacronym{api}{API}{Application Program Interface}
14\newacronym{raii}{RAII}{Resource Acquisition Is Initialization}
15\newacronym{numa}{NUMA}{Non-Uniform Memory Access}
16\newacronym{rtti}{RTTI}{Run-Time Type Information}
17\newacronym{fcfs}{FCFS}{First Come First Served}
18\newacronym{toctou}{TOCTOU}{time-of-check to time-of-use}
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