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title: "What are the advantages of multithreaded programming in Operating System?"  
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# What are the advantages of multithreaded programming in Operating System?

What are the [advantages](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/300577/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-web-3-0) of multithreaded [programming](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12214/web-development-company-in-india-laid-on-the-foundation-of-concrete-java-programming) in Operating System?

## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

**The advantages of multithreaded programming in [Operating](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/96683/what-is-the-concept-of-reentrancy-in-operating-system) System:**

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- **Sharing of Resources** A process's resources, like as memory, data, and files, are shared by all of its threads. Using resource sharing, a single programme can have many threads running in the same address space.
- **Responsiveness-**Multithreading allows a programme to run even if part of it is halted by programme responsiveness. If the process is conducting a lengthy operation, this might also be done. For instance, a multithreaded web browser can use one thread for user interaction and another for picture loading at the same time.
- **Multiprocessor Architecture is Employed-**Multithreading allows each thread in a multiprocessor architecture to run in parallel on a different processor. This raises the system's concurrency. This is in stark contrast to a single processor system, which can only operate one process or thread at a time.
- **Economy-**Threads are more cost-effective since they share process resources. Processes, on the other hand, are more expensive and time-consuming to develop because they demand more memory and resources. The overhead of creating and managing processes is substantially larger than that of creating and managing threads.

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