Fiber (computer Science)
In computer science, a fiber is a particularly lightweight thread of execution.
Like threads, fibers share address space. However, fibers use co-operative multitasking while threads use pre-emptive multitasking. Threads often depend on the kernel's thread scheduler to preempt a busy thread and resume another thread; fibers yield themselves to run another fiber while executing. The article on threads contains more on the distinction between threads and fibers.
Read more about Fiber (computer Science): Fibers and Coroutines, Advantages and Disadvantages, Operating System Support
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