Question

What is s the primary difference between process and thread?​

Answer 1

Answer:

• Process is called as a program which is in execution.

• Thread is a segment of a process, so; a process can have more than one thread.

Answer 2

$\large{\underline{\underline{\pmb{\sf{Answer:}}}}}$

• A process is a program under execution i.e an active program.
• A thread is a lightweight process that can be managed independently by a scheduler.

• Processes require more time for context switching as they are more heavy.
• Threads require less time for context switching as they are lighter than processes.

• Processes are totally independent and don’t share memory.
• Thread may share some memory with its peer threads.

• Communication between processes requires more time than between threads.
• Communication between threads requires less time than between processes .