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Preemptive scheduling Vs Time slicing of Thread in Java

Preemptive scheduling Under preemptive scheduling, the highest priority task executes until it enters the waiting or dead states or a higher priority task comes into existence.  Time slicing Under time slicing, a task executes for a predefined slice of time and then send again to the pool of ready tasks. The scheduler then determines which task should execute next, based on priority and other factors.