Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!noao!ncar!gatech!purdue!haven!umbc3!umbc5.umbc.edu!cs4213 From: cs4213@umbc5.umbc.edu (cs4213) Newsgroups: comp.os.mach Subject: Threads, Definition of Message-ID: <4964@umbc3.UMBC.EDU> Date: 6 Feb 91 20:29:49 GMT Sender: newspost@umbc3.UMBC.EDU Reply-To: cs4213@umbc5.umbc.edu.UUCP (cs4213) Organization: University of Maryland, Baltimore County Lines: 4 Can anyoneoffer a succinct definition of threads aka lightweight processes??? Citations will be met with gratitude, terse, lucid explanations with fawning adoration.