light-weight process
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light-weight process
(operating system, parallel)(LWP) A single-threaded
sub-process which, unlike a thread, has its own process identifier and may also differ in its inheritance and
controlling features.
Several operating systems, e.g. SunOS 5.x, provide system calls for creating and controlling LWPs.
Several operating systems, e.g. SunOS 5.x, provide system calls for creating and controlling LWPs.