a very small twist of flax,wool,cotton, silk or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length; a compound cord consisting of two or more single yarns doubled, or joined together, and twisted.
In computing terms - A 'thread' is a topic of discussion, and a 'post' is a response to the 'thread'.
A thread can refer to a thin strand of a material like cotton or nylon used in sewing or weaving. In a computing context, a thread is a sequence of instructions within a program that can run independently to improve performance by parallelizing tasks.
Pthreads is a set of C language programming and is heavily used in high performance computing as well as serial applications. There are several types of threads that are defined in the Pthread library. Some of the common ones include "pthread_attr_t", which is the thread creation attribute. Another popular thread is "pthread_cleanup_entry_np_t", which is the cancellation cleanup handler entry.
affective computing!
"Distributed" or "grid" computing in general is a special type of parallel computing, it is advanced in the means of using distributed computing.
Cloud computing is better then normal grid computing as its cheaper to buy, use and maintain. Cloud computing can offer web hosting also which grid computing can not.
Cloud computing or grid computing depends on the task at hand. If you want to focus on a single enormous task, then go with grid computing. Cloud computing is more for multitasking.
Soft computing differs from conventional (hard) computing in that, unlike hard computing, it is tolerant of imprecision, uncertainty, partial truth, and approximation. In effect, the role model for soft computing is the human mind.
The basic computing with the computer.
Business computing is done at work; personal computing is done at home.
Creative Computing was created in 1974.
Practical Computing was created in 1978.