This document provides an overview of threads and synchronization in Java. It discusses how to create threads by implementing Runnable or extending Thread, how to start and stop threads, and useful thread methods like sleep and yield. It explains the need for synchronization when multiple threads access shared resources and can step on each other. Synchronization is achieved using locks on objects, synchronized methods, and wait/notify calls on objects. More advanced synchronization mechanisms introduced in Java 5 like ReentrantLock and Condition variables are also briefly mentioned.

1. Learning Java 3 –Threads, Synchronization Christopher Swenson Center for Information Security University of Tulsa 600 S. College Ave Tulsa, OK 74104