what is thread pool and how to manage it?

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Thread pool is a collection of threads that are used to execute tasks concurrently. It helps in reducing the overhead of thread creation.

Thread pool manages a fixed number of threads and assigns tasks to them as they become available.
It helps in improving the performance of applications by reducing the time taken to create and destroy threads.
Thread pool can be managed using various parameters such as the size of the thread pool, the priority of threads, and the maximum number of tasks that can be queued.
Examples of thread pool management frameworks include Java's Executor framework and .NET's ThreadPool class.

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