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single thread

noun

computing the execution of an entire task from beginning to end without interruption
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Examples from the Web for single thread

Historical Examples of single thread

  • On the single-thread machine, one must stitch on the right side always.

  • The chain stitch when perfectly done should look like the stitch made by a single-thread machine.

    Textiles and Clothing

    Kate Heintz Watson

  • It could no more open its mouth without twitching its tail, than a single-thread Jack could bow its head without lifting its legs.

    Buffalo Land

    W. E. Webb

  • References to the Watson single-thread machine occur as late as 1860, but no examples are known to have survived.