Multithreaded

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Consisting of multiple threads (literal or figurative) woven together. not-comparable

    "a multithreaded narrative"

  2. 2
    Of an application program, having more than one thread of execution; thus taking advantage of multi-tasking operating systems and hardware. not-comparable
  3. 3
    Of a programming language, able to produce such programs not-comparable

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From multi- + threaded.

Related phrases

multi taskingoperating systemprogramming language

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