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Java Multithreading Interview Questions and Answers

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Question: Explain the difference between Thread and Runnable.

Answer: Thread is a class in Java that provides methods to create and perform operations on a thread. Runnable is an interface that must be implemented by a class to be executed by a thread.

Example:

class MyRunnable implements Runnable { 
public void run() 
{ /* Runnable logic */
 } 
}

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