ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Multithreaded

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Multithreaded is an adjective meaning Consisting of multiple threads (literal or figurative) woven together.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

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.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sophisticated, threaded, hyperthreaded, threadable, parallel, multiprogram.

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