Light Weight Process

GPTKB entity

Statements (21)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf concept
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:LWP
gptkbp:canBeScheduledBy operating system scheduler
gptkbp:contrastsWith heavy weight process
gptkbp:enables multithreading
concurrent execution within a process
gptkbp:heldBy kernel-level thread
separate program counter
separate registers
separate stack
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Light Weight Process
gptkbp:managedBy gptkb:operating_system
gptkbp:partOf Process
gptkbp:shares address space with other LWPs in the same process
gptkbp:supports parallelism
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Linux
gptkb:Solaris
gptkb:Unix-like_systems
gptkbp:usedIn operating systems
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:LWP
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6