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Concurrency in Java refers to the ability of a program to execute multiple tasks or threads concurrently, potentially leading to improved performance and responsiveness. Java provides a rich set of tools and mechanisms to manage concurrency, including threads, locks, and various synchronization primitives.

• **Threads:** The fundamental unit of execution in concurrent Java programs. Each thread represents an independent path of execution within the program.
• **Synchronization:** Techniques used to coordinate the access and modification of shared data by multiple threads, ensuring data consistency and preventing race conditions.
• **Locks:** Mechanisms that restrict access to shared data to a single thread at a time, preventing concurrent modifications.
• **Thread Safety:** The property of code or data structures that can be safely accessed and modified by multiple threads without causing errors or inconsistencies.
• **Concurrency Utilities:** Java provides a `java.util.concurrent` package with various classes and interfaces to simplify concurrent programming, including thread pools, executors, and concurrent collections.

• **Improved Performance:** By executing multiple tasks concurrently, Java programs can leverage the available processing power of modern multi-core processors, potentially leading to faster execution.
• **Responsiveness:** Concurrent programs can remain responsive to user input or other events, even while performing time-consuming operations in the background.
• **Resource Efficiency:** Concurrency can enable efficient utilization of system resources, such as network connections or disk I/O, by allowing multiple tasks to overlap their use of these resources.

• **Complexity:** Writing correct and efficient concurrent programs can be challenging due to the need to manage shared data and avoid race conditions, deadlocks, and other concurrency issues.
• **Debugging:** Debugging concurrent programs can be difficult, as the timing and interleaving of thread execution can be unpredictable.
• **Overhead:** Concurrency introduces some overhead due to the management of threads and synchronization mechanisms.

• Oracle's Java Concurrency Tutorial: s://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/concurrency/(https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/concurrency/)
• Jenkov's Java Concurrency Tutorial: [invalid URL removed]