Process vs Thread vs Core

Learn about a process vs thread vs core including concurrent vs parallel program execution, logical vs physical cores, how threads run in a process, the structure of a process vs thread vs core, and how to show the processes, threads, and cores of a computer using the linux terminal.

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⌛ Timestamps
0:00 – Introduction
0:21 – What is a Process?
0:38 – ps -e
1:29 – ps aux
2:16 – What is a Thread?
3:18 – ps -T -p pid
4:21 – What is a Core?
5:02 – lscpu
5:33 – Physical vs Logical Core
5:54 – Process, Thread, and Core Relationship
6:20 – Outro

[RioDeDoro]

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[dragonfocefan]

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[qtix]

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