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Operating System: User-Level Thread Library

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If the operating system has a user-level thread library what, if any, issues must be addressed to support concurrent programming? Provide a detailed answer.

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Concurrent programming techniques are used to solve computing problems that cannot be solved using one processor of a computer. Java language is one of the most widely used programming language which has built in support for distributed computing and concurrency ...

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