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Hi,

I know this might not be the best place to ask this but.. umm I know
Java is a multithreaded environment. what do you call a single threaded
environment where there are no multiple threads or scheduler? Please
tell me because I can't seem to recall the term Is it just "single
threaded environment"? Or is the term something else? Thanks!

Rick

Rick wrote:
> I know this might not be the best place to ask this but.. umm I know
> Java is a multithreaded environment. what do you call a single threaded
> environment where there are no multiple threads or scheduler? Please
> tell me because I can't seem to recall the term Is it just "single
> threaded environment"? Or is the term something else? Thanks!

It seems like you don't know the difference between "process" and "thread".
The major division is between "single-tasking" environments such as MS-DOS
where only one process can execute at the same time and "multi-tasking"
environments where many processes run in parallel governed by a scheduler
(there's a further distinction between "cooperative" and "preemptive"
multitasking). Threads are just a conceptually minor performance-related
extension of the multitasking concept.