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green threads

green threads is the plural of green thread.

Meaning of green thread

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

Questions about green threads

What is green threads the plural of?
Green threads is the plural of green thread.

Words near green threads in the dictionary

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