Python Concurrency: Glossary

Key Points

Getting Started
  • Imgur provides a web API that allows images to be downloaded.

  • You will need a login and to register an application to use Imgur.

Multiple Processes
  • The multiprocessing module provides a rich set of features for manipluating processes.

  • The Pool class is an easy way to provide work to groups of processes.

Using Threads
  • Python provides a threading module to easily use threads.

  • Although the GIL limits thread parallism, it is still useful to use threads in Python.

Multiple Workers

Glossary

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