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Etymology edit

hyper- +‎ threaded

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hyperthreaded (not comparable)

  1. (computing) Using hyperthreading.
    • 2007, Bert Scalzo, Claudia Fernandez, Mike Ault, Database Benchmarking: Practical Methods for Oracle and SQL Server, page 93:
      A more sophisticated and subtle example of some of the changes that have occurred between older and newer WinTel systems involves hyperthreaded CPUs on Windows Server and Microsoft SQL Server 2000 databases.
    • 2009, Tim Cerling, Jeffrey Buller, Chuck Enstall, Mastering Microsoft Virtualization, page 237:
      There are also hyperthreaded processors that generally provide two execution threads for each processor or core.