multiprocessing

[muhl-tee-pros-es-ing, -uh-sing or, esp. British, -proh-ses-ing, -suh-sing]

noun Computers.

the simultaneous execution of two or more programs or instruction sequences by separate CPUs under integrated control.

Origin of multiprocessing

First recorded in 1930–35; multi- + process + -ing¹

Related formsmul·ti·proc·es·sor, noun

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