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Thread pool

Meaning in software engineering, with examples

nounCommon term

In software engineering, thread pool means: A managed group of reusable threads that execute tasks submitted by a program.

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How it is used

Used for background jobs and request handling. Pool size limits workers, not necessarily the number of queued tasks.

Example sentences

  1. The thread pool processes uploaded photos without creating a thread for every file.

    Reusing workers avoids repeated thread creation for individual uploads.

  2. All workers in the thread pool were waiting for slow database responses.

    Occupied workers can delay queued jobs even when little CPU work occurs.

Common collocations

  • fixed thread pool
  • thread pool size
  • threadA sequence of execution within a process that can run alongside other sequences while sharing some process resources.
  • queueA data structure where the first item added is the first one taken out (FIFO), like people waiting in line. Also a system that holds tasks or messages until they are processed.

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