PPT의 대부분이 도표, 그림으로 알기쉽게 구성되어 있습니다.
다음은 도표의 일부분만을 발췌하여 텍스트로 옮겨놓은 것입니다.

* Threads provide a unit of execution (execution context)
- Scheduled by the kernel
- Belong to a single address space
- Has a unique thread ID for the IPC mechanism

* Threads are managed by user-level servers
- Creation, destruction, association with address space
- Only the root server has rights to do these operations

* Some of the threads attributes are :
- Scheduling parameters (priority, time slice)
- Unique ID
- Address space
- Page fault, exception, scheduler handlers