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warp

warp

533 9.9
A fixed group of threads that run together on a graphics chip
  • noun
  • /wɔrp/
  • Specialized
translation icon : warp
  • Yet our sensors indicate that we are still proceeding at warp nine point nine five.

If that happened, it wouldn't be going as fast as this warp is processing.

Examples

  • We won't be able to go to warp without those injectors!

    Black Swarm (2007)

  • In NVIDIA CUDA programming, a warp consists of 32 threads that execute simultaneously for efficient computing.

  • What would normally take months to travel at warp 9 had taken little more than a day at warp 14.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • And we're still moving at warp nine point nine five.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Go to warp factor 6.

    Fubar (2002)

  • A ship is dropping out of warp.

    Black Swarm (2007)

  • Captain, we can't maintain warp 8 speed much longer.

    Baraka (1992)

  • We are proceeding at warp nine point nine five.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • The alien warp drive is overloading.

    FBI: Negotiator (2005)

  • We can't sustain warp six.

    Black Swarm (2007)

Compounds

low-warp loom
  • Specialized
9.3

A hand frame for weaving tapestry with the long threads set horizontally

high-warp loom
  • Specialized
9.9

A hand tool for weaving where the threads hang up and down to make pictures or designs on cloth

Surface Forms

warp singular
warps plural

Etymology

Warp in GPU computing borrows the idea of 'threads' from weaving, and a helpful way to remember it is to think of a small bundle of threads moving together on a loom; so a GPU warp is a group of tiny threads that run in lockstep as one unit.