Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hyperthreading

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.37 in modern English

Syllables: hy-per-thread-ing
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of microprocessor parallelization where each physical processor is treated as two virtual processors.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The scope of hyperthreading instructions is not covered in this book."
"There are some cases where hyperthreading actually degrades CPU performance, especially when CPU utilization is high."

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Prefix: hyper

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does hyperthreading mean?: A form of microprocessor parallelization where each physical processor is treated as two virtual processors.
Where does hyperthreading come from?: From hyper- + threading, coined as a trademark (Hyper-Threading Technology) by Intel.

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