multithreaded

adj

Etymology

From multi- + threaded.

  1. inherited from *þrēduz
  2. inherited from þrǣd
  3. inherited from thred
  4. formed as threaded — “thread + -ed
  5. prefixed as multithreaded — “multi + threaded

Definitions

  1. Consisting of multiple threads (literal or figurative) woven together.

    • a multithreaded narrative
    • The term conflates these two aspects of social identity into an inseparable state of being, suggesting that if we are to understand white trash and the condition it names, we must confront the multithreaded nature of social inequality.
  2. Of an application program, having more than one thread of execution

    Of an application program, having more than one thread of execution; thus taking advantage of multi-tasking operating systems and hardware.

  3. Of a programming language, able to produce such programs

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for multithreaded. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA