A piece of thin soft paper for wrapping up a skein of thread.

plural of thread-paper

A recurring characteristic or theme present in different events or areas.

plural of quadruple thread

plural of thread count

(nonstandard) simple past tense of hang by a thread

The phenomenon of a wiki being used for discussions.

(engineering) Consisting of two threads twisted together; using two threads.

(computing) A thread of execution that is scheduled by a virtual machine, not natively by the underlying operating system.

(Greek mythology) A metaphor for the lifespan of an individual, as generated by Clotho, measured out by Lachesis and terminated by Atropos. / (poetic) DNA. / The link of inheritance from past to present.