# Difference between Julia Coroutines, Multithreading, Multicore

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**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [August 15, 2020, 10:24am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/difference-between-julia-coroutines-multithreading-multicore/44986 "2020-08-15T10:24:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 11:58am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/difference-between-julia-coroutines-multithreading-multicore/44986/2 "2020-08-15T11:58:11Z")

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The documentation on parallel programming needs to be updated, you are not the first to wonder these terms, I am still confused whenever I encounter them: [Questions on parallel programming terminology](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/questions-on-parallel-programming-terminology/38996)

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