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Thread and Process in OS

The document discusses threads, processes, and the difference between them. It provides details on thread states including new, runnable, blocked, and terminated. Advantages of using threads are that they minimize context switching time, provide concurrency within a process, allow efficient communication, are more economical than processes, and allow better utilization of multiprocessor systems.

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Thread and Process in OS

The document discusses threads, processes, and the difference between them. It provides details on thread states including new, runnable, blocked, and terminated. Advantages of using threads are that they minimize context switching time, provide concurrency within a process, allow efficient communication, are more economical than processes, and allow better utilization of multiprocessor systems.

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ABDULLAH KALEEM (BCSO7173161)

MUSA ABBAS (BCS07173111)


HAMZA KHAN (BCS07173135)
M AHMAD (BCS07173143)
PRESENTATION TOPICS

Thread
Process
Difference between process and thread
Thread state diagram
Advantages of thread
THREADS
 Smallest unit of processing that can be performed in operating system (os)
 It always exist within a process it mean that a process may contain multiple threads
 A thread is contained inside a process and different threads in the same process share some
resources
THREADS

RESOURCES
SINGAL AND MULTI THREAD
SINGAL THREAD
 Has single thread of control
 It allows the process to perform only one task

MULTI THREAD
 Has many threads
 Simultaneously execution of different task
PROCESS

 There are many threads in a process


DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
PROCESS AND THREAD

 A thread is contained inside a


process and different threads in
the same process share some
resources
 There are many threads in a
process
THREAD STATE DIAGRAM

 New State A thread is in the new state once it


has been created. It doesn't take any CPU
resources until it is actually running.
 Runnable State Now the process is taking up
CPU resources because it is ready to run.
However, it is in a runnable state because it
could be waiting for another thread to run and
so it has to wait for its turn.
 Blocked State A thread which is not allowed to
continue remains in a blocked state. Let's say
that a thread is waiting for input/output (I/O),
but it never gets those resources, so it will
remain in a blocked state.
 Terminated State A thread is terminated if it
finishes a task successfully or abnormally. At
this point, no CPU resources are used
ADVANTAGES OF THREAD

 Thread minimize the context switching time.


 Use of threads provides concurrency within a process
 Efficient communication.
 It is more economical to create and context switch threads.
 Threads allow utilization of multiprocessor architectures to a greater scale and efficiency.

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