A thread is also called:
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A thread is also called:
- A.
a scheduler
- B.
a virtual process
- C.
a heavyweight process
- D.
a lightweight process
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Correct answer: D
A thread is the smallest unit of CPU execution.
It shares resources (memory, files) with other threads of the same process.
Because it has less overhead than a process, it is called a lightweight process.