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green thread

green thread noun: a thread of execution that is scheduled by a virtual machine, not natively by the underlying operating system.

Noun

green thread (plural green threads)

  1. A thread of execution that is scheduled by a virtual machine, not natively by the underlying operating system.
    • This is an example of M:N threading. Many tasks can run concurrently on one OS thread. Fibers and green threads are often referred to as stackful coroutines.2024, Carl Fredrik Samson, Asynchronous Programming in Rust […] , Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 54

Forms of green thread

pluralgreen threads

Origin of green thread

First used in an early version of the Java programming language (1997–2000).

Questions about green thread

What does green thread mean?
Green thread means a thread of execution that is scheduled by a virtual machine, not natively by the underlying operating system.
What part of speech is green thread?
Green thread is a noun.
What is the plural of green thread?
The plural of green thread is green threads.

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