hyperthreading

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hyperthreading

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From hyper- + threading, coined as a trademark (Hyper-Threading Technology) by Intel.

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  1. uncountable A form of microprocessor parallelization where each physical processor is treated as two virtual processors. The scope of hyperthreading instructions is not covered in this book.

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@misc{hyperthreading_2026,
  title = {hyperthreading},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hyperthreading},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}