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Nano-threads

In computer science nano-threads are highly optimized lightweight threads designed for use on shared memory multiprocessors. The Nano-threads specification was written in 1997.

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In computer science nano-threads are highly optimized lightweight threads designed for use on shared memory multiprocessors (such as SMPs).12 The Nano-threads specification was written in 1997.13

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