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title: "Explain how to create a thread and start it running."  
description: "Explain how to create a thread and start it running."  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2015-01-26  
updated: 2020-09-14  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/2308/explain-how-to-create-a-thread-and-start-it-running  
category: "java"  
tags: ["thread"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Explain how to create a thread and start it running.

There are 2 ways in which a thread can be created. \
By extending the Thread class wherein the subclass needs to override the run method. Then just an instance of that class needs to be created and [classname].start() would start it running.

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

There are 2 ways in which a thread can be created. \
By extending the Thread class wherein the subclass needs to override the run method. Then just an instance of that class needs to be created and [classname].start() would start it running.


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