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Question: Why thread is called as a lightweight process?

Answer: It is called light weight process to emphasize the fact that a thread is like a process but is more efficient and uses fewer resources( n hence "lighter")and they also share the address space.

It is called light weight process to emphasize the fact that a thread is like a process but is more efficient and uses fewer resources( n hence "lighter")and they also share the address space.
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A process containing a single thread . Source: CoolInterview.com

Thread is called LightweightProcess because it takes less resources of the system Source: CoolInterview.com

thread is called light weight process because its a part of procee or time alice of a process. Source: CoolInterview.com

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