code: def in_thread(target, args=(), name=None, daemon=True, silent=False):
      """
      Executes the given function in background.
      :param target: function
      :param args: function arguments
      :param name: name of the thread
      :param daemon: run as daemon thread, do not block until thread is doe
      :param silent: swallows exceptions raised by target silently
      :return background thread
      """
      if not isinstance(args, tuple):
          raise ValueError(
              "args must be a tuple, not {}, for a single argument use (arg,)".format(
                  type(args)
              )
          )
  
      if silent:
  
          def fn(*args):
              try:
                  target(*args)
              except:
                  pass
  
      else:
          fn = target
  
      bg = threading.Thread(target=fn, args=args, name=name)
      bg.daemon = daemon
      bg.start()
      return bg
  
imports: import queue
  import threading
label_desc: Use image node_id 2 for calling a global function with example usage: in_thread(target, args, name, daemon, silent) and returns: bg