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# std::thread

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< cpp‎ | thread

Defined in header `<thread>` |  |
class thread; |  | (since C++11)

The class `thread` represents a single thread of execution. Threads allow multiple pieces of code to run asynchronously and simultaneously.

### [edit] Member types

Member type | Definition
`native_handle_type` | implementation-defined

### [edit] Member classes

id | represents the id of a thread (public member class) [edit]

### [edit] Member functions

(constructor) | constructs new thread object (public member function) [edit]
(destructor) | destructs the thread object, underlying thread must be joined or detached (public member function) [edit]
operator= | moves the thread object (public member function) [edit]
##### Observers
joinable | checks whether the thread is joinable, i.e. potentially running in parallel context (public member function) [edit]
get_id | returns the id of the thread (public member function) [edit]
native_handle | returns the underlying implementation-defined thread handle (public member function) [edit]
hardware_concurrency [static] | returns the number of concurrent threads supported by the implementation (public static member function) [edit]
##### Operations
join | waits for a thread to finish its execution (public member function) [edit]
detach | permits the thread to execute independently from the thread handle (public member function) [edit]
swap | swaps two thread objects (public member function) [edit]

### [edit] Non-member functions

std::swap(std::thread) (C++11) | specializes the std::swap algorithm (function template) [edit]

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