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A thread is a kind of thin yarn used for sewing. Thread may also refer to:
- Thread (unit of measurement), a cotton yarn measure, equal to 54 inches (137 cm)
- Threaded discussion, a group of messages or postings to a newsgroup, mailing list or Internet forum on a single topic
- Thread (computer science), a sequence of instructions that may execute in parallel with other threads
- Internet forum#Thread, a collection of posts
- Screw thread, which turns rotation into linear movement, by a ridge running in a spiral down the length of a cylinder
- Threads, a 1984 BBC television movie concerning the after-effects of a nuclear attack on Sheffield, UK
- Thread (Pern), a destructive mindless alien spore in the Dragonriders of Pern series of science fiction novels
- Threads (Stargate SG-1), a Season 8 Stargate SG-1 episode
- Thread, a 1999 album by Wideawake
- Thread, a poem by Patti Smith from her 1978 book Babel
