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Synchronized methods are methods that are used to control access to an object. A thread only executes a synchronized method after it has acquired the lock for the method's object or class. Synchronized statements are similar to synchronized methods. A synchronized statement can only be executed after a thread has acquired the lock for the object or class referenced in the synchronized statement.

With respect to multithreading, synchronization is the capability to control the access of multiple threads to shared resources. Without synchronization, it is possible for one thread to modify a shared object while another thread is in the process of using or updating that object's value. This often causes dirty data and leads to significant errors.

Objects that subclass the Observable class maintain a list of observers. When an Observable object is updated it invokes the update() method of each of its observers to notify the observers that it has changed state. The Observer interface is implemented by objects that observe Observable objects.

When a thread terminates its processing, it enters the dead state.

The Collections API is a set of classes and interfaces that support operations on collections of objects.

Yes, a lock can be acquired on a class. This lock is acquired on the class's Class object.

The List interface provides support for ordered collections of objects.

The Panel and Applet classes use the FlowLayout as their default layout.

A transient variable is a variable that may not be serialized.

The stop(), suspend() and resume() methods have been deprecated in JDK 1.2.

The preferred size of a component is the minimum component size that will allow the component to display normally.

A thread can enter the waiting state by invoking its sleep() method, by blocking on I/O, by unsuccessfully attempting to acquire an object's lock, or by invoking an object's wait() method. It can also enter the waiting state by invoking its (deprecated) suspend() method.

The sizeof operator is not a keyword in Java Programming.

Wrapped classes are classes that allow primitive types to be accessed as objects.

The Vector class in Java Programming provides the capability to implement a growable array of objects.

A protected method may only be accessed by classes or interfaces of the same package or by subclasses of the class in which it is declared.

A (non-local) inner class may be declared as public, protected, private, static, final, or abstract.

It uses those low order bytes of the result that can fit into the size of the type allowed by the operation.

The Iterator interface is used to step through the elements of a Collection.

The window, Frame and Dialog classes use a border layout as their default layout in Java Programming.