In computer science, a thread of execution is the smallest sequence of programmed instructions that can be managed independently by a scheduler, which...
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Multithreading (computer architecture) (redirect from Hardware thread)
Also, if a thread cannot use all the computing resources of the CPU (because instructions depend on each other's result), running another thread may prevent...
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In multi-threaded computer programming, a function is thread-safe when it can be invoked or accessed concurrently by multiple threads without causing unexpected...
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limit system load, when we use fewer threads than available. The number of available threads is tuned to the computing resources available to the program...
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Single instruction, multiple threads (SIMT) is an execution model used in parallel computing where single instruction, multiple data (SIMD) is combined...
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Hyper-threading (officially called Hyper-Threading Technology or HT Technology and abbreviated as HTT or HT) is Intel's proprietary simultaneous multithreading...
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Concurrent computing is a form of computing in which several computations are executed concurrently—during overlapping time periods—instead of sequentially—with...
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Task parallelism (redirect from Thread-level parallelism)
processors in parallel computing environments. Task parallelism focuses on distributing tasks—concurrently performed by processes or threads—across different...
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parallel computing: bit-level, instruction-level, data, and task parallelism. Parallelism has long been employed in high-performance computing, but has...
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Simultaneous multithreading (redirect from Simultaneous multi-threading)
Project". School of Computing, Clemson University. Retrieved January 19, 2013. Marr, Deborah (February 14, 2002). "Hyper-Threading Technology Architecture...
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Pthreads (redirect from POSIX thread)
In computing, POSIX Threads, commonly known as pthreads, is an execution model that exists independently from a programming language, as well as a parallel...
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Context switch (redirect from Thread switching latency)
In computing, a context switch is the process of storing the state of a process or thread, so that it can be restored and resume execution at a later point...
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The Native POSIX Thread Library (NPTL) is an implementation of the POSIX Threads specification for the Linux operating system. Before the 2.6 version...
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In computer programming, a green thread is a thread that is scheduled by a runtime library or virtual machine (VM) instead of natively by the underlying...
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Thread (computing) Thread (network protocol), a home automation protocol Thread (non-profit organization), in Baltimore City, US Ariadne's thread (logic)...
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Fiber (computer science) (redirect from User-space thread)
preemptive multitasking. Threads often depend on the kernel's thread scheduler to preempt a busy thread and resume another thread; fibers yield themselves...
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as of March 2010, with compute capability 2.x and higher, blocks may contain up to 1024 threads. The threads in the same thread block run on the same stream...
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Threading may refer to: Thread (computing), a programming technique Threading (epilation), a hair removal method Threading (manufacturing), the process...
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In UNIX, "kernel threads" have two threads, one is the core thread, one is the user thread. Light-weight process Thread (computing) Matt Dillon's post...
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computer programming, thread-local storage (TLS) is a memory management method that uses static or global memory local to a thread. The concept allows storage...
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Spurious wakeup (category Threads (computing))
In computing, a spurious wakeup occurs when a thread wakes up from waiting on a condition variable and finds that the condition is still unsatisfied....
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virtual thread is a thread that is managed by a runtime library or virtual machine (VM) and made to resemble "real" operating system thread to code executing...
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The Thread Information Block (TIB) or Thread Environment Block (TEB) is a data structure in Win32 on x86 that stores information about the currently running...
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Micro-threads for multi-core and many-cores processors is a mechanism to hide memory latency similar to multi-threading architectures. However, it is...
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Code cave (category Threads (computing))
A code cave is a series of unused bytes in a process's memory. The code cave inside a process's memory is often a reference to a section that has capacity...
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Concurrent Collections (CnC) Algorithmic skeleton Parallel computing List of C++ multi-threading libraries List of C++ template libraries Parallel Patterns...
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ambiguous; precise alternative terms include process, light-weight process, thread (for execution), step, request, or query (for work). In the adjacent diagram...
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Temporal multithreading (redirect from Super-threading)
distinguishing difference between the two forms is the maximum number of concurrent threads that can execute in any given pipeline stage in a given cycle. In temporal...
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GNU Pth (Portable Threads) is a POSIX/ANSI-C based user space thread library for UNIX platforms that provides priority-based scheduling for multithreading...
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of information in quantum computing, the qubit (or "quantum bit"), serves the same function as the bit in classical computing. However, unlike a classical...
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