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Software Thread

Definition
AI-generated

A software thread is a lightweight execution path within a process.

Topics
Compute and Hardware Programming
Synonyms
Thread
Plural
Threads
Related
CPU Core Operating-System Process Central Processing Unit (CPU)

Why it matters in GWAS

Thread count settings are common performance controls in GWAS tools; too few threads underuse resources, while too many can cause contention and lower overall throughput.

Example usage

"We ran LD pruning with 32 threads on a node that provided 32 allocated CPU cores."

CPU Core Operating-System Process Central Processing Unit (CPU) Compute Cluster Slurm
Related-term network

Click any node to open that term page.

Node order. The current term is first. Next come every page linked from Related terms, in the same top-to-bottom order as that list. Then new terms appear in two-hop layers: for each of those direct neighbors (in that same order), their related terms are appended if not already listed. A third pass does the same for two-hop nodes. The walk stops when a fixed maximum number of nodes is reached.

References

  • Kerrisk M. (2010). The Linux Programming Interface.
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