the difference between threads and processes

The major difference between threads and processes is 


1.Threads share the address space of the process that created it; processes have their own address.


2.Threads have direct access to the data segment of its process; processes have their own copy 
of the data segment of the parent process. 


3.Threads can directly communicate with other threads of its process; processes must use interprocess 
communication to communicate with sibling processes. 


4.Threads have almost no overhead; processes have considerable overhead.


5.New threads are easily created; new processes require duplication of the parent process.


6.Threads can exercise considerable control over threads of the same process; processes can only exercise 

control over child processes. 


7.Changes to the main thread (cancellation, priority change, etc.) may affect the behavior of the other 

threads of the process; changes to the parent process does not affect child processes.