What is Difference between thread and process?

Answer Posted / vaishnavi

PROCESS
It is a executing instance of an application.
It is having multiple threads.
Used for more heavyweight tasks.

THREAD
A process is having several executable program(threads).
It is a path of execution within a process.
Used for small tasks.

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