multithreaded

Meanings

adjectivemultithreaded (not comparable)

not comparableConsisting of multiple threads (literal or figurative) woven together.
a multithreaded narrative
1 more example
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.
2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White, page 3
not comparablecomputingOf an application program, having more than one thread of execution; thus taking advantage of multi-tasking operating systems and hardware.
not comparablecomputingOf a programming language, able to produce such programs

Broader

Arabic مُتَعَدَّد مُؤَشِّرَات, مُتَعَدَّد خُيُوط

مُتَعَدَّد مُؤَشِّرَات (mutaʕaddad muʔašširāt)application having more than one thread of execution
مُتَعَدَّد خُيُوط (mutaʕaddad ḵuyūṭ)application having more than one thread of execution
مُتَعَدَّد مُؤَشِّرَات تَرَابُط (mutaʕaddad muʔašširāt tarābuṭ)application having more than one thread of execution

Finnish monisäikeinen

Polish wielowątkowy

Russian многопото́чный

многопото́чный (mnogopotóčnyj)application having more than one thread of execution

Slovak viacvláknový

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APA

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Chicago

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