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Thread cancellation is :

a.

the task of destroying the thread once its work is done

b.

the task of removing a thread once its work is done

c.

the task of terminating a thread before it has completed

d.

none of the mentioned

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Answer: (c).the task of terminating a thread before it has completed

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