Operating Systems20795 marksThread definition and characteristics
How threads differ from processes? Explain user level thread and kernel level thread.
How threads differ from processes? Explain user level thread and kernel level thread. [5]
--- Aspect Process Thread --------- Definition An independent program in execution with its own address space A lightweight unit of execution within a process Memory Has its own separate memory space Shares memory (code, data, heap) with other threads of the same process Creation overhead Heavy; ...