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What is meant by a thread in java programming language?

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A thread and a process are same but a minor difference is there.

Process executes a program completely without splitting whereas a thread splits a program into smaller tasks and then execute them separately.And then combine the final result.
that is why a process is often called as Heavy weight and a thread is called as light weight.
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