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thread | threadsafe |

As a noun thread

is thread (computing: unit of execution).

As an adjective threadsafe is

(computing|programming) that can be safely accessed from multiple threads.

thread

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A long, thin and flexible form of material, generally with a round cross-section, used in sewing, weaving or in the construction of string.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Michael Arlen), title= “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days, chapter=Ep./1/2
    • , passage=He walked. To the corner of Hamilton Place and Picadilly, and there stayed for a while, for it is a romantic station by night. The vague and careless rain looked like threads of gossamer silver passing across the light of the arc-lamps.}}
  • A theme or idea.
  • A screw thread.
  • A sequence of connections.
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  • The line midway between the banks of a stream.
  • (label) A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, generally expected to share memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.
  • (label) A series of messages, generally grouped by subject, all but the first replies to previous messages in the thread.
  • A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark.
  • (label) Composition; quality; fineness.
  • * (Ben Jonson) (1572-1637)
    • A neat courtier, / Of a most elegant thread .

    Synonyms

    * (theme) topic

    Derived terms

    * hang by a thread * quadruple thread * screw thread * thread count * thread necromancy * thread pool * threadbare * threader * thready

    Verb

  • To put thread through.
    • thread a needle
  • To pass (through a narrow constriction or around a series of obstacles).
    • I think I can thread my way through here, but it’s going to be tight.
  • * 2013 , Ben Smith, "[http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24503988]", BBC Sport , 19 October 2013:
    • Picking the ball up in his own half, Januzaj threaded a 40-yard pass into the path of Rooney to slice Southampton open in the blink of an eye.
  • To screw on, to fit the s of a nut on a bolt

    • Derived terms

    * threaded (as adjective) * multithreaded

    Anagrams

    * * *

    See also

    (sewing needle) ----

    threadsafe

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (computing, programming) That can be safely accessed from multiple threads.
  • * 2004 , Scott Oaks, Henry Wong, Java threads
    • Only a few collection classes are threadsafe . As we'll see later, being threadsafe does not necessarily mean that you can safely use them in every multithreaded program.
  • * 2006 , Dave Minter, Jeff Linwood, Beginning Hibernate: From Novice to Professional
    • SessionFactory objects are threadsafe , so it is not necessary to obtain one for each thread.

    Alternative forms

    * thread-safe