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title: "What is the difference between process and thread?"  
description: "What is the difference between process and thread?"  
author: "Pushpendra Singh"  
published: 2010-10-25  
updated: 2020-09-22  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/175/what-is-the-difference-between-process-and-thread  
category: "java"  
tags: ["java"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is the difference between process and thread?

A Procees is an execution of program but a thread is a single execution sequence within a process.\
A process can contain n number of threads.\
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Threads can directly communicate with other threads of its process; processes must use interprocess communication to communicate with sibling processes. \

## Answers

### Answer by Pushpendra Singh

A Procees is an execution of program but a thread is a single execution sequence within a process.\
A process can contain n number of threads.\
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Threads can directly communicate with other threads of its process; processes must use interprocess communication to communicate with sibling processes. \


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