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hyperthreaded

hyperthreaded adjective: using hyperthreading.

Adjective

hyperthreaded (not comparable)

  1. Using hyperthreading.
    • A more sophisticated and subtle example of some of the changes that have occurred between older and newer WinTel systems involves hyperthreaded CPUs on Windows Server and Microsoft SQL Server 2000 databases.2007, Bert Scalzo, Claudia Fernandez, Mike Ault, Database Benchmarking: Practical Methods for Oracle and SQL Server, page 93
    • There are also hyperthreaded processors that generally provide two execution threads for each processor or core.2009, Tim Cerling, Jeffrey Buller, Chuck Enstall, Mastering Microsoft Virtualization, page 237

Origin of hyperthreaded

From hyper- + threaded.

Questions about hyperthreaded

What does hyperthreaded mean?
Hyperthreaded means using hyperthreading.
What part of speech is hyperthreaded?
Hyperthreaded is an adjective.

Words near hyperthreaded in the dictionary

  1. hyperthetic
  2. hyperthetical
  3. hyperthick
  4. hyperthickened
  5. hyperthickening
  6. hyperthreaded
  7. hyperthreading
  8. hyperthrombinaemia
  9. hyperthrombinemia
  10. hyperthrombocytemia
  11. hyperthrombocytosis

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