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title: "What is a daemon thread?"  
description: "What is a daemon thread?"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2012-06-13  
updated: 2020-09-16  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/1481/what-is-a-daemon-thread  
category: "java"  
tags: ["java", "thread", "daemon thread", "mindstick", "interview question"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is a daemon thread?

These are the threads which can run without user intervention. The JVM can exit when there are daemon thread by killing them abruptly.

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

These are the threads which can run without user intervention. The JVM can exit when there are daemon thread by killing them abruptly.


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