Showing posts with label Difference between thread and process. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Difference between thread and process. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

What is difference between thread and process?

 
Ans) Differences between threads and processes are:-
1. Threads share the address space of the process that  created it; processes have their own address.
2. Threads have direct access to the data segment of its process; processes have their own copy of the data segment of the parent process.
3. Threads can directly communicate with other threads of its process; processes must use inter process communication to communicate with sibling processes.
4. Threads have almost no overhead; processes have considerable overhead.
5. New threads are easily created; new processes require duplication of the parent process.
6. Threads can exercise considerable control over threads of the same process; processes can only exercise control over child processes.
7. Changes to the main thread (cancellation, priority change, etc.) may affect the behavior of the other threads of the process; changes to the parent process do not affect child processes.