1. What is POSIX? 2. Describe the support given for programming with threads in new generation languages such as Java or C#. 3. What do the terms “logical thread” and “physical thread” refer to? 4....

1. What is POSIX?

2. Describe the support given for programming with threads in new generation languages such as

Java or C#.

3. What do the terms “logical thread” and “physical thread” refer to?

4. What are the common operations implemented for a thread?

5. Describe the two major techniques used to defi ne a parallel implementation of computer algorithms.