What is difference between Process and Thread?



What is difference between Process and Thread?..

Answer / Ashutosh Kaushik

A Process represents a running instance of a program, which includes all the allocated resources like memory, CPU cycles, etc. A Thread, on the other hand, is a lightweight sub-task that can run concurrently within a single process and share its resources.

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