boilerplate vs thread

boilerplate

noun
  • Syndicated material. 

  • A sheet of copper or steel used in the construction of a boiler. 

  • The rating plate or nameplate required to be affixed to a boiler by the Boiler Explosions Act (1882). 

  • Standard text or program code used routinely and added with a text editor or word processor; text of a legal or official nature added to documents or labels. 

  • Hard, icy snow which may be dangerous to ski on. 

  • Formulaic or hackneyed language. 

  • A plate attached to industrial machinery, identifying information such as manufacturer, model number, serial number, and power requirements. 

adj
  • Describing text or other material of a standard or routine nature. 

  • Used to refer to a non-functional spacecraft used to test configuration and procedures. 

verb
  • To store (standard text) so that it can easily be retrieved for reuse. 

thread

noun
  • Composition; quality; fineness. 

  • A sequence of connections. 

  • A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark. 

  • A long, thin and flexible form of material, generally with a round cross-section, used in sewing, weaving or in the construction of string. 

  • A screw thread. 

  • A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, usually sharing memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently. 

  • The line midway between the banks of a stream. 

  • A continued theme or idea. 

  • A series of messages, generally grouped by subject, in which all messages except the first are replies to previous messages in the thread. 

verb
  • To put thread through. 

  • To remove the hair using a thread. 

  • To pass (through a narrow constriction or around a series of obstacles). 

  • To screw on; to fit the threads of a nut on a bolt. 

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