Can someone please explain simply what thread contention is?
I have googled it, but cannot seem to find a simple explanation.
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Essentially thread contention is a condition where one thread is waiting for a lock/object that is currently being held by another thread. Therefore, this waiting thread cannot use that object until the other thread has unlocked that particular object.