A thread is an independent path of execution within a program. Every Java program starts with a main thread, and you can create more to do work concurrently. The work itself is usually described by a Runnable, a functional interface with one method, void run(), which takes no arguments, returns nothing and cannot throw checked exceptions. Because it is functional, a lambda works: Runnable task = () -> System.out.println("working");.
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