Description: The thread life cycle refers to the various states a thread can be in during its execution in a multithreading environment. These states include ‘new’, where the thread is created but not yet ready to run; ‘runnable’, indicating that the thread is ready to be executed by the CPU scheduler; ‘blocked’, which occurs when the thread is waiting for an I/O operation to complete or for a resource to be released; and ‘terminated’, which is the final state of the thread once it has completed execution. This life cycle is fundamental for the efficient management of system resources, as it allows the operating system to optimize CPU and other resource usage, ensuring that threads are executed in an orderly and efficient manner. The transitions between these states are controlled by the CPU scheduler, which decides which thread should run at any given time based on scheduling policies and priorities. Understanding the thread life cycle is essential for developing multithreaded applications, as it enables programmers to design systems that maximize concurrency and parallelism, thereby improving overall application performance.
