stripe vs thread

stripe

noun
  • Distinguishing characteristic; sign; likeness; sort. 

  • A long, relatively straight region against a different coloured background. 

  • The badge worn by certain officers in the military or other forces. 

  • A slash cut into the flesh as a punishment. 

  • A portion of data distributed across several separate physical disks for the sake of redundancy. 

  • The start/finish line. 

  • A long region of a single colour in a repeating pattern of similar regions. 

  • A long, narrow mark left by striking someone with a whip or stick; a blow with a whip or stick. 

  • Any of the balls marked with stripes in the game of pool, which one player aims to pot, the other player taking the spots. 

  • A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colours, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance. 

verb
  • To lash with a whip or strap. 

  • To distribute data across several separate physical disks to reduce the time to read and write. 

  • To mark with stripes. 

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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