Question 14

A thread is also called :

  1. AA scheduler
  2. BA virtual process
  3. CA heavyweight process
  4. DA lightweight process
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Correct answer: (D) A lightweight process

Explanation

A thread is called a lightweight process. Threads of the same process share its code, data and files, so creating and switching between them costs little.

From DSSSB TGT Computer Science Practice Set 4

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