Threading and Multiprocessing
A series of articles explaining VB.NET Threading objects. Threading allows multiprocessor computers to work on several processes (threads) in parallel.
A Beginner's Guide to Threading in VB.NET
Threading is a technique that you usually don't learn about until you find that your program just isn't performing the way it should. This introduction shows you how to get started using threads and also illustrates how they work using a Permutations regression example from a previous article running as a worker thread.Threading - Thread Communication
By their very nature, threads execute independently. Once a thread is started, it will proceed without regard for what any other thread is doing by default. Sometimes this works, but often you need the ability for one thread to let another one know how things are progressing. This article, one in a series on Visual Basic .NET and threading, introduces the techniques used to do this.