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Difference between Thread and Process

程序员文章站 2024-01-18 09:31:04
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What is the difference between a process and a thread?

 

The major difference between threads and processes is:

  1. Threads share the address space of the process that created it; processes have their own address space.
  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 interprocess 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 does not affect child processes.

From: http://*.com/questions/200469/what-is-the-difference-between-a-process-and-a-thread