What are the major differences between Thread and Process?



What are the major differences between Thread and Process?..

Answer / Ajay Kumar Agrahari

A process is a program in execution while a thread is a lightweight sub-process that can run concurrently within a single program. Each process has its own memory space, while threads share the same memory space. Creating a process is more resource-intensive compared to creating a thread.

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