schedulers
Dask provides multiple task schedulers, each suited to different workloads. The scheduler determines how tasks are executed: sequentially, in parallel threads, in parallel processes, or distributed across a cluster.
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# Dask Schedulers
## Overview
Dask provides multiple task schedulers, each suited to different workloads. The scheduler determines how tasks are executed: sequentially, in parallel threads, in parallel processes, or distributed across a cluster.
## Scheduler Types
### Single-Machine Schedulers
#### 1. Local Threads (Default)
**Description**: The threaded scheduler executes computations with a local `concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor`.
**When to Use**:
- Numeric computations in NumPy, Pandas, scikit-learn
- Libraries that release the GIL (Global Interpreter Lock)
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