守护进程： d（isk） a（nd） e（xecution） mon（itor） or or from de（vice） mon（itor）

Daemon(计算)的定义:

处理打印假脱机和文件传输等服务请求的后台进程，在不需要时处于休眠状态。

——来源:牛津词典英文版

Java中的守护线程是什么?

Daemon threads can shut down any time in between their flow, Non-Daemon i.e. user thread executes completely. Daemon threads are threads that run intermittently in the background as long as other non-daemon threads are running. When all of the non-daemon threads complete, daemon threads terminates automatically. Daemon threads are service providers for user threads running in the same process. The JVM does not care about daemon threads to complete when in Running state, not even finally block also let execute. JVM do give preference to non-daemon threads that is created by us. Daemon threads acts as services in Windows. The JVM stops the daemon threads when all user threads (in contrast to the daemon threads) are terminated. Hence daemon threads can be used to implement, for example, a monitoring functionality as the thread is stopped by the JVM as soon as all user threads have stopped.

守护线程和用户线程。通常程序员创建的所有线程都是用户线程(除非你指定它为守护线程或者你的父线程是守护线程)。用户线程通常用于运行我们的程序代码。除非所有用户线程都终止，否则JVM不会终止。

守护线程就像一个普通的线程，除了JVM只会在其他非守护线程不存在时关闭。守护进程线程通常用于为应用程序执行服务。

对我来说，守护线程就像用户线程的管家。 如果所有用户线程都已完成，守护进程线程就没有任务 JVM杀死。 我在YouTube视频里解释过了。

守护线程是在进程的其他非守护线程仍在运行时在后台运行的线程。因此，当所有非守护进程线程完成时，守护进程线程将终止。非守护进程线程的一个例子是运行Main的线程。 通过在线程启动之前调用setDaemon()方法，将线程设置为守护进程

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当最后一个非守护进程线程执行完成时，JVM将完成这项工作。默认情况下，JVM将创建一个线程作为非守护进程，但我们可以通过setDaemon(true)方法将线程创建为守护进程。Daemon线程的一个很好的例子是GC线程，它将在所有非Daemon线程完成后立即完成它的工作。