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Module 2: Processes & Scheduling

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(a) What is a thread?

(b) How is thread different from a process?

(c) What resources are used when a thread is created?

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Threads (a) Lightweight process sharing address space

(b) Process has separate memory/files, heavy; thread shares, fast context, communication via shared memory
(c) Resources: TCB, stack, registers, priority, scheduling info, shared code/data/files with parent process.

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