Switch a thread context is ______. Question 17Answer a. harder in user-level threads compared with kernel-level threads b. none of these c. easier in kernel-level threads compared with user-level threads d. easier in user-level threads compared with kernel-level threads e. easier in kernel-level threads compared with hybrid threads
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