PROCESSES and threads have one goal: Getting a computer to do more than one thing at a time. To do that, the processor (or processors) must switch smoothly among several tasks, which requires ...

I had a process in task manager C Program Files (x86)\Samsung\Easy Settings\MovieColorEnhancer.exe using about 400,000 or 700,000 handles. OS win7 64bit. I end tasked it and renamed it. I don't need ...

I have to state again that running two threads on a single core processor CAN be faster that running one thread. I have a program that definitely works that way (no Hyperthreading) and my roommate's ...

Python's "multiprocessing" module feels like threads, but actually launches processes. Many people, when they start to work with Python, are excited to hear that the language supports threading. And, ...