what is the difference between multitasking and
multithreading?

Answer Posted / denish kanabar

multitasking:heavyweight process and runs in a different
address space so context switch or intercommunication
between processes is much expensive.

Where as multithreading: light weight process and can run
in a same address space so context switch or
intercommunication between processes is less expensive.

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