Parallel Computing with Pthreads

Portability is written with P of POSIX (Portable Operating System Interface), which is a registered trademark and a set of standards specified by the IEEE to maintain compatibility between different operating systems. Pthreads is the short notation of POSIX Threads. It is an execution model that specifies how work takes place and it allows a program to manage multiple flows of work (aka threads) that overlap in time. POSIX Threads is an API defined by the standard IEEE POSIX 1003.1c. In all Pthreads programs, all the running threads can access global variables. This report presents an overview of Pthreads and three example programs available at https://github.com/manasesjesus/pthreads.