software threads vs hardware threads

Question

What is the difference between software threads, hardware threads and java threads?

Are software threads, java threads and hardware threads independent or interdepen

Answer 1

I think you are mistaken. I never heard about hardware threads (unless you mean hyper threading on certain intel machines). Every process is a running representation of a program. Threads are simultaneous execution flows with in a process. Java thread definitions are mapped to system threads by JVM. Java used to have a concept of GreenThreads, which is no longer the case.