a very newbie question about threading

[Chris S.]

Chris Patton wrote:

> Hey Everyone. 
> 
> I've recenently stumbled upon a concept known as "threading". Can
> anyone tell me what this IS and how it is used, or show me where I can
> get information about this?
> 
> Thanks!

Threading, or multi-threading, involves the simultaneous execution of 
multiple sequences (e.g. "threads") of instructions. This is similar to 
how your computer runs several programs at the same time, except threads 
usually share the same space in memory, so they can easily operate on 
shared data. As always, Google and Python's docs are your friends:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=what+is+multi-threading&btnG=Search
http://docs.python.org/lib/module-threading.html