[plug] Threads

[Ben Jensz]

James, could you please refrain from posting HTML email to this list?

Thanks,


Ben

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.
>  
> Kind regards
>  
> James Elliott