Re: Details on delivering and managing application

From: Trent Buck (geragohpx_at_tznvy.pbz)
Date: 02/04/05 

Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 03:56:15 GMT

Up spake Wade Humeniuk:
> I am also pretty sure that in some OS models there are things called
> light-weight processes that are used to implement processes and
> threads.

ISTR that in _Modern Operating Systems_ Andy Tanenbaum asserts that
"lightweight process" and "thread" are synonymous. I got the impression
that different research groups coined different terms. Unfortunately
I'm at work and my bookshelf is at home. 

-- 
-trent
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