single thread (B1)
noun phrase
Pronunciation: ˈsɪŋɡəl θrɛd
Definition
A sequence of programmed instructions that can be managed independently by a scheduler, representing the smallest unit of processing that an operating system can handle.
Examples
Modern processors use multi-threading to perform tasks faster than a single thread ever could.
The application crashed because the single thread became blocked by a long-running database query.
Developers often struggle to optimize performance when restricted to a single thread of execution.
How to Use single thread
- run on a single thread (collocation)
- describes the execution mode of a program — "The legacy software was designed to run on a single thread."
- single-threaded (collocation)
- adjective form describing a system or application — "JavaScript is famously a single-threaded language."
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