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Asked: 2026-06-10T21:22:27+00:00

Possible Duplicate: Difference between BackgroundWorker and Thread? I was asked this question in an

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Difference between BackgroundWorker and Thread?

I was asked this question in an interview . what should be answer for this ?

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    Neither the “worker” nor “background” threads are the main/UI threads.

    Unless you have more details (for example, in the context of Language X or Framework Y), there’s no distinct difference between them. But, as I consider them:

    • A worker thread sounds like it might belong to a pool of workers. In which case, it might be re-used after completing a task (and will only be stopped when the worker pool is terminated).
    • A background thread sounds like it was asynchronously invoked to accomplish a single task. Possibly to save the UI thread from blocking.
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