Thread

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Thread may refer to:

  • A kind of thin yarn, thin fibers spun together, for textiles and sewing
  • Screw thread, which turns rotation into linear movement, by a ridge running in a spiral down the length of a cylinder
  • Threaded discussion, a group of messages or postings to a newsgroup, mailing list or Internet forum on a single topic
  • Thread (computer science), a sequence of instructions which may execute in parallel with other threads
  • Threads, a 1984 BBC television movie concerning the after-effects of a nuclear attack on Sheffield, UK
  • Thread (Pern), a destructive mindless alien spore in the Dragonriders of Pern series of science fiction novels
  • Threads (Stargate SG-1), a Season 8 Stargate SG-1 episode
  • Thread (unit of measurement), a cotton yarn measure, equal to 54 inches
  • Thread (album), a 1999 album by Wideawake
  • Thread is a sugar stage in candy cookery.
  • Thread (business technology), a connection invoked by either the buyer or the seller in order to publicly record the quality of a business transaction.
  • "Thread", a poem by Patti Smith from her 1978 book Babel
  • "Threads," slang for clothing.