Operating System

    1. How is a thread different from a process? 2. What are the advantages of using multithreading instead of multiple processes? 3. List four design issues for which the concept of concurrency is relevant. 4. What is the key difference between a mutex and a binary semaphore? 5. What scheduling criteria affect the performance of a system? Justify your answer with facts. 6. What is the main function of a dispatcher? Give some examples of events when it is invoked. Think outside box.