What is Thread locality [closed]

Question

What is thread locality? I've been doing some research on a particular topic and thread locality has come a up a few times. I haven't been able to find a clear definition of what's meant though.

Answer 1

Thread locality refers to thread local storage. Data marked as threadlocal/threadstatic, is available as per thread copy to each thread accessing it. Any modification in data in one thread is isolated to any other thread.

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