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[3.13] doc: Add glossary entry for "free threading" (GH-119865) (#119874)

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division. Note that ``(-11) // 4`` is ``-3`` because that is ``-2.75``
rounded *downward*. See :pep:`238`.
free threading
A threading model where multiple threads can run Python bytecode
simultaneously within the same interpreter. This is in contrast to
the :term:`global interpreter lock` which allows only one thread to
execute Python bytecode at a time. See :pep:`703`.
function
A series of statements which returns some value to a caller. It can also
be passed zero or more :term:`arguments <argument>` which may be used in