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parallel processing

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noun

  1. the performance by a computer system of two or more simultaneous operations

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parallel processing Cultural  

  1. The use of many different computer processors to work on different parts of a problem simultaneously. This is one way of increasing the speed at which computers can work, with each processor working on a part of a larger problem. (Compare serial processing.)

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