Difference between process switching and context switching in operating system
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A process switch is an operating system scheduler change from one running program to another.
This requires savings from all the state of the currently executing program, including it's register state, associated kennel state and all it's virtual memory configuration.
A context switching in operating system can mean either a process or thread switch depending on it's context
This requires savings from all the state of the currently executing program, including it's register state, associated kennel state and all it's virtual memory configuration.
A context switching in operating system can mean either a process or thread switch depending on it's context
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