Dictionary of Debugging: Thread
Thread
A mapping T: t -> IP, where t is a discreet time arrow and IP is a memory space (Instruction Pointer). Threads can also be viewed as braided strings in an abstract computational space. Another computer science definition centers on considering each individual thread as a Turing machine. One of popular definitions is a parallel activity inside a process. The following diagram depicts a thread in equi-bipartitional virtual memory space comprised from user and kernel spaces:
Synonyms: lightweight process
Antonyms:
Also: virtual memory, memory space, user space, kernel space, breakpoint, process, fiber.
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