[plug] Threads

[Colin Muller]

http://www.google.com/search?q=threads+faq

On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 11:05:41AM +0800, James Elliott wrote:
> This might seem like a silly question from an IT graduate, but I have never been really sure what the word "Thread" means, and it is used a lot.
> 
> I just saw it in the subject matter of a PLUG e-mail;  "threads" are talked about in the context of bulletin boards and e-mail lists; "fast threading" devices are advertised ..... I know the difference between and Application and a Process and have a sort of intuitive feeling about what "threads" might be, but if anyone would take the time to define threads or explain them, I would be obliged.
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> Kind regards
> 
> James Elliott