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<p>A <a href="qthread.html">QThread</a> instance represents a thread and provides the means to <a href="qthread.html#start">start()</a> a thread, which will then execute the reimplementation of <a href="qthread.html#run">QThread::run</a>(). The <tt>run()</tt> implementation is for a thread what the <tt>main()</tt> entry point is for the application. All code executed in a call stack that starts in the <tt>run()</tt> function is executed by the new thread, and the thread finishes when the function returns. <a href="qthread.html">QThread</a> emits signals to indicate that the thread started or finished executing.</p>
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