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1. Describe the difference between a Thread and a Process?
2. What is a Windows Service and how does its lifecycle differ from a "standard" EXE?
3. What is the maximum amount of memory any single process on Windows can address? Is this different than the maximum virtual memory for the system? How would this affect a system design?
4. What is the difference between an EXE and a DLL?
5. What is strong-typing versus weak-typing? Which is preferred? Why?
6. Corillian's product is a "Component Container." Name at least 3 component containers that ship now with the Windows Server Family.
7. What is a PID? How is it useful when troubleshooting a system?
8. How many processes can listen on a single TCP/IP port?
9. What is the GAC? What problem does it solve?