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Operating Systmes In your own words describe the difference between a process and a thread.

Operating Systmes

In your own words describe the difference between a process and a thread.

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Threads are subsets of a process.
Where as process is independent.

Threads share memory address space where as process doesn't share memory.

Threads are lightweight where as process is heavyweight.

Threads are used by single user where as Process is owned by one or more users

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