Java Multi-Threading Question:
Difference between Process and Thread?
Answer:
A process can contain multiple threads.
A process has its own memory address space whereas a thread doesn't.
Threads share the heap belonging to their parent process.
One process cannot corrupt another process
A thread can write the memory used by another thread.
A process has its own memory address space whereas a thread doesn't.
Threads share the heap belonging to their parent process.
One process cannot corrupt another process
A thread can write the memory used by another thread.
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