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Green Threads and Fibers

Green Threads and Fibers

Feb 10, 20261 min read

  • operating-systems
  • concurrency
  • green-threads

Green Threads and Fibers

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User-space threads managed by the runtime rather than the OS kernel. They enable massive concurrency (millions of lightweight threads) with cooperative scheduling. Examples include Go goroutines and Erlang processes.

Key Properties

  • User-Space Scheduling
  • Cooperative Scheduling
  • Lightweight Concurrency

Related

  • Thread (OS-level counterpart)
  • Coroutines (similar cooperative model)

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  • Key Properties
  • Related

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  • Coroutines
  • IO Models
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  • Lightweight Concurrency
  • User-Space Scheduling

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