Differentiation between Process and Thread
Q1. Differentiate between Process and Thread.
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| Process | Thread |
| 1. Process is a program in execution. | 1. Thread is a separate part of execution in program or it can be light weight process. |
| 2. Process can contain number of threads at a time. | 2. These are part of process. |
| 3. It is a collection of virtual memory, space, code, data and system resources. | 3. A thread is code that is to be serially executed within a process. It contains thread ID, a program counter, a register set and a stack. |
| 4. Process share physical memory, disk, printers and other resources. | 4. It share with other threads belonging to the same process, its code section, its data section and other sources as open files and signals. |