[plug] Threads

[James Elliott]

Will do Ben - my system replies in the format last received and sometimes
one slips through unnoticed - I will change the default to text only

James

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Jensz" <jensz at wn.com.au>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 11:11 AM
Subject: Re: [plug] Threads


> James, could you please refrain from posting HTML email to this list?
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> Thanks,
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> Ben
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> James Elliott wrote:
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> > 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
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