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?

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

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

The OS does not maintain a separate stack for each thread

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

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1.	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» D. On per-thread basis, the OS maintains only scheduling and accounting information

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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?

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