What is the difference between a User thread and a Daemon thread in Java?

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User threads are non-daemon threads that keep the application alive until they complete, while daemon threads are background threads that do not prevent the application from terminating.

User threads are created by the application and are responsible for executing the main logic.
Daemon threads are created by the JVM and are used for background tasks.
User threads prevent the application from terminating until they complete their execution.
Daemon threads do not prevent the application from terminating and are terminated when all user threads have finished.
Examples of user threads include the main thread and threads created by the application.
Examples of daemon threads include garbage collector thread and timer thread.

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