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In Unix-based systems, a process is an instance of a running program that has its own address space, a set of resources (file descriptors, environment variables, etc.), and an identifier (PID). A thread is a unit of execution within a process that shares the process's address space and resources with other threads of the same process but has its own stack and registers.

Main differences:

  • Address space: processes are isolated, threads share the process's memory.
  • Resources: processes have their own resources, threads share the process's resources.
  • Creation: creating a thread is usually faster and less resource-intensive than creating a process.
  • Context switching: switching between threads is faster because it does not require changing the address space.

Example: in Go, goroutines are lightweight threads that operate within a single process.