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GATE | GATE CS 2011 | Question 16

A thread is usually defined as a "light weight process" because an operating system (OS) maintains smaller data structures for a thread than for a process. In relation to this, which of the following is TRUE?

(A)

On per-thread basis, the OS maintains only CPU register state

(B)

The OS does not maintain a separate stack for each thread

(C)

On per-thread basis, the OS does not maintain virtual memory state

(D)

On per-thread basis, the OS maintains only scheduling and accounting information

Answer

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