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Difference between User Thread and Daemon Thread

   Published Date: April 15, 2020

When we create a Thread in java program, it is known as user thread. A daemon thread runs in background and does not prevent JVM from terminating. When there are no user threads running, JVM shutdown the program and quits. A child thread created from daemon thread is also a daemon thread.

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