Thread

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The word thread has many meanings:

  • A kind of thin yarn, thin fibers spun together, for textiles and sewing
  • Screw thread, which turns rotation into linear movement, by a ridge running in a spiral down the length of a cylinder
  • Topic thread, a string of consecutive message postings to a newsgroup, mailing list or Internet forum
  • Thread (computer science), a sequence of instructions which may execute in parallel with other threads
  • Threads, a 1984 BBC docudrama concerning the after-effects of a nuclear attack on Sheffield
  • Thread (Pern), a destructive mindless alien spore in the Dragonriders of Pern series of science fiction novels


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