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Multithreaded vs Multithreading - What's the difference?

multithreaded | multithreading |

In computing|lang=en terms the difference between multithreaded and multithreading

is that multithreaded is (computing) of a programming language, able to produce such programs while multithreading is (computing) the use of multithreaded code.

As an adjective multithreaded

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

As a noun multithreading is

(computing) the use of multithreaded code.

multithreaded

English

Adjective

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  • (computing) Of an application program, having more than one thread of execution; thus taking advantage of multi-tasking operating systems and hardware.
  • (computing) Of a programming language, able to produce such programs

    • multithreading

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (computing) The use of multithreaded code.