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From: Recurrent discussions The exact meaning of the term `thread' is not generally agreed upon. One of the more common usages denotes a `lightweight' process (sequential flow of control) which shares an address space and some other resources with others, and for which context switching time is lower than for `heavyweight' (i.e. kernel-supported) processes. Throughout the following material, when we refer to `processes', this can be taken as meaning heavyweight processes.
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