thread
Definition 1
Computing: In multitasking or multithreading environments, set of code that serves as an additional linkage structure in a program. Threads allow different portions of a program to operate independently of each other instead of in a fixed sequence and (on multiprocessor systems) on separate processors (CPUs). A running program may have several threads active at the same time: one may be solving a mathematical equation, the other may be drawing a graph, and a third one dialing a number. The operating system decides which thread or process is visible to the user and which remains hidden.
Definition 2
Internet: Chain of questions and answers (or comments) on a particular topic posted by members of a special interest group or visitors to a website. This arrangement allows a reader to follow the messages in the sequence or to jump to any particular one.
thread is in the Computer Hardware, Software, & Security and Internet & World Wide Web subjects.
thread appears in the definitions of the following terms: bacteria, count, DN (diamétre nominal or nominal size), multithreading, autonomation, pitch and closure
thread appears in the other term: discussion thread
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