Is there any justification for calling threads "lightweight" processes? Does the creation of a thread cause a different allocation of system resources? Are they different from what was used to pioneer the method?

Systems Architecture
7th Edition
ISBN:9781305080195
Author:Stephen D. Burd
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Chapter11: Operating Systems
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Is there any justification for calling threads "lightweight" processes? Does the creation of a thread cause a different allocation of system resources? Are they different from what was used to pioneer the method?

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