A Java thread is like a virtual processor that can run part of your Java application in parallel with the application's main Java thread. This Java Thread tutorial explains how to create, start, pause, stop and join threads in Java.

Chapters
0:00 Introduction to Java threads
0:24 Create and start a Java thread
0:50 The four ways to specify the code that a Java thread should execute
1:49 Create a subclass of the Java Thread class
2:47 Create a class that implements the Runnable interface
3:37 Implement the Runnable interface with an anonymous class
4:21 Implement the Runnable interface with a Java Lambda expression
5:29 Get reference to running thread
5:56 Get and set thread name
6:33 Start multiple threads
7:24 Thread.sleep() – pauses a thread for a specified number of milliseconds
8:09 Stopping a Java thread
11:33 Mark a Java thread as a daemon thread
13:23 Join a thread – wait for Java thread to finish
3:01 p.m. OS-level threads and user-space-level threads

Java Threads tutorial – text version:
http://tutorials.jenkov.com/java-concurrency/creating-and-starting-threads.html

Java Concurrency and Multithreading – video playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?listPLL8woMHwr36EDxjUoCzboZjedsnhLP1j4

Java Lambda Expressions tutorial – text/video playlist
http://tutorials.jenkov.com/java/lambda-expressions.html
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?listPLL8woMHwr36HQhhPPdV_T8rigbuywMpD7

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