multithreaded en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English thread Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English threaded English multithreaded From multi- + threaded.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Consisting of multiple threads (literal or figurative) woven together.
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.
2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White, page 3:a multithreaded narrative
- (not-comparable) Of an application program, having more than one thread of execution; thus taking advantage of multi-tasking operating systems and hardware.
- (not-comparable) Of a programming language, able to produce such programs
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Translations (8)
ar مُتَعَدَّد مُؤَشِّرَات تَرَابُط (application having more than one thread of execution) · ar مُتَعَدَّد مُؤَشِّرَات (application having more than one thread of execution) · ar مُتَعَدَّد خُيُوط (application having more than one thread of execution) · kk көп ағынды (application having more than one thread of execution) · fi monisäikeinen (application having more than one thread of execution) · pl wielowątkowy (application having more than one thread of execution) · sk viacvláknový (application having more than one thread of execution) · ru многопото́чный (application having more than one thread of execution)