adjective
Computers- Having more than one thread of execution. Used of applications.
- Supporting multithreaded applications. Used of programming languages.
multithreaded
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Adjective
(not comparable)
- (computing) Of an application program, having more than one thread of execution; thus taking advantage of multi-tasking operating systems and hardware.
- (computing) Of a programming language, able to produce such programs
Origin
multi- + threaded
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