He defined active objects as objects having their own thread of control (or, self-powered).

他将活动对象定义为具有自己的控制线程(或自己为自己提供支持)的对象。

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This interface processes various requests in the handler?s thread of control using a run() method.

该接口使用 run() 方法在处理程序的控制线程中处理各个请求。

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Thread of control: Tells if the operations in a transaction need to be serialized in the process, or if multiple threads in a process can participate in the transaction branch.

Thread of control：告诉事务中的操作是否需要在流程中序列化，或者流程中的多个线程是否可以参与事务分支。

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Manipulating the shape of the threads using this method, called thread-rolling, was thought to be impossible because it would be too hard to control the structure of the screw if metal oozed into odd shapes.

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