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2014-05-11 05:55

原题：

difference between thread and process.

题目：请描述进程和线程的区别。

解法：操作系统理论题。标准答案在恐龙书上，我自己回忆了一点。我想就算是面试官也不会一字一句地要求你背书的，对于要点掌握住就可以了。

代码：

 1 // http://www.careercup.com/question?id=5718181884723200
 2 Answer:
 3     Process:
 4         1. Basic element of resource allocation in the operating system.
 5         2. Possesses independent resources:
 6             a. code segment
 7             b. data segment
 8                 i. constant data
 9                 ii. global variable
10                 iii. stack
11                 iv. heap
12             c. register
13             d. program counter
14         3. Have independent virtual address mapping.
15         4. It has life cycle, it is running, in contrast to a program.
16     Thread:
17         1. Basic element of CPU scheduling.
18         2. Possesses part of independent resources:
19             a. register
20             b. stack
21             c. program counter
22         3. Multiple threads share part of resources in same process:
23             a. code segment
24             b. data segment
25                 i. constant data
26                 ii. global variable
27                 iii. heap
28         4. All threads in a process share the same address space.
29         5. It has life cycle