Question

A process is divided into a number of light-weight processes, each

light-weight process is said to be a _______.

(a) Code (b) Instruction

(c) Module (d) Thread​

Answer 1

A process is divided into a number of light-weight processes, each  light-weight process is said to be a thread.

Option (d) is correct.

Explanation:

• The thread is also known as the light-weight process and is divided into a number of other processes.

• The threads are interconnected to each other.  

• A thread consists of a number of resources such as data sections, files, and signals.
• These resources can be shared with other threads.

• A thread can perform multiple functions at a time.