threaded programming

noun

UK /ˈθrɛdɪd ˈprəʊɡræmɪŋ/

US /ˈθrɛdɪd ˈproʊɡræmɪŋ/

Threaded programming is when a computer does many small jobs at the same time.

Threaded programming helps a video game load pictures while the music plays.

SYNONYMS

multithreading concurrent programming parallel programming multi-threaded coding

RELATED WORDS

thread process concurrency parallelism synchronization

OTHER MEANINGS

2. A style of coding where a program is split into threads that share memory and run together.

The team used threaded programming to keep the app responsive.

3. Writing software so that separate tasks can run at once on one or more processor cores.

Threaded programming made the image filter finish much faster.

4. The practice of managing many lightweight tasks inside a single program.

Good threaded programming avoids crashes when two threads touch the same data.