a thread--sometimes called an execution context or a lightweight process--is a single sequential flow of control within a program. you use threads to isolate tasks.

线程――有时也叫做执行上下文或轻量级处理程序――是程序的单一连续控制流。我们使用线程来隔离任务。

a thread is a single sequential flow of control within a program.

the hotjava web browser is an example of a multithreaded application.

hotjava 浏览器是一个多线程应用实例。