English Dictionary
thready
adj 1: forming viscous or glutinous threads [syn: {ropy}, {ropey},
{stringy}]
2: thin in diameter; resembling a thread [syn: {filamentous}, {filamentlike},
{threadlike}]
English Computing Dictionary
Pthreads
A library of pre-emptive thread routines (for {Ada}?), designed
and implemented in the {PART} (POSIX / Ada-Runtime Project).
Pthreads is compliant with {POSIX} 1003.4a Draft 6.
Version 1.17 has been ported to {Sun-4}/{SunOS} 4.1.x.
{(ftp://ftp.cs.fsu.edu/pub/PART/)}. Mailing list:
mueller◊uzu.cs.fsu.edu ("Subject: subscribe-pthreads").
(1993-07-22)