| DisposeThread | Deletes a thread when it finishes executing. |
| NewThread | Creates a new thread or allocates one from the existing pool of threads. |
| CreateThreadPool | Creates a pool of threads for your application. |
| GetDefaultThreadStackSize | Determines the default stack size required by a thread. |
| GetFreeThreadCount | Determines how many threads are available to be allocated in a thread pool. |
| GetSpecificFreeThreadCount | Determines how many threads with a stack size equal to or greater than the specified size are available to be allocated in a thread pool. |
| GetCurrentThread | Obtains the thread ID of the currently executing thread. |
| GetThreadState | Obtains the state of a thread. |
| ThreadCurrentStackSpace | Determines the amount of stack space that is available for any thread in your application. |
| GetThreadCurrentTaskRef | Obtains a thread task reference. |
| GetThreadStateGivenTaskRef | Obtains the state of a thread when your application is not necessarily the current processófor example, during execution of an interrupt function. |
| SetThreadReadyGivenTaskRef | Changes the state of a thread from stopped to ready when your application is not the current process. |
| SetDebuggerNotificationProcs | Installs functions that notify the debugger when a thread is created, disposed of, or scheduled. |
| SetThreadScheduler | Installs a custom scheduling function (custom scheduler). |
| SetThreadSwitcher | Installs a custom context-switching function for any thread. |
| SetThreadTerminator | Installs a custom thread-termination function for a thread. |
| SetThreadStateEndCritical | Changes the state of the current thread and exits that threadís critical section at the same time. |
| ThreadBeginCritical | Indicates that the thread is entering a critical code section. |
| ThreadEndCritical | Indicates that the thread is leaving a critical code section. |
| SetThreadState | Changes the state of any thread. |
| YieldToAnyThread | Relinquishes the current threadís control. |
| YieldToThread | Relinquishes the current threadís control to a particular thread. |
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