What would be A, and B please  Consider the following code segment:         pid_t pid;   pid = fork();   if (pid == 0) {                      fork();                      fork();                     thread_create( . . .);          }          thread_create( . . .); a). How many unique processes are created? (including the initial parent process)?  b).  How many unique threads are created?

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What would be A, and B please 

Consider the following code segment:

        pid_t pid;

  pid = fork();

  if (pid == 0) {

                     fork();

                     fork();

                    thread_create( . . .);  

       }

         thread_create( . . .);

a). How many unique processes are created? (including the initial parent process)? 

b).  How many unique threads are created?

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