title: How many threads does a .NET web application natively use?
body: <p>This has been bugging me for a while.  Assuming that I am not using any explicit form of task parallelism (e.g. <code>Paralell.ForEach</code>), how many threads are natively used when I deploy a web application to a Windows Server?</p>
  
  <p>In other words, if the web server has an eight-core processor, does the application only use one of those cores if I am not explicitly telling it to use more?</p>
  
  <p>I'll bet I have missed something simple here, so flame on--but I still want to know the answer.  Thanks.</p>