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PARALLEL OPERATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does parallel operation mean? 

PARALLEL OPERATION (noun)
  The noun PARALLEL OPERATION has 1 sense:

1. the simultaneous execution of two or more operationsplay

  Familiarity information: PARALLEL OPERATION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PARALLEL OPERATION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The simultaneous execution of two or more operations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

parallel operation; simultaneous operation

Hypernyms ("parallel operation" is a kind of...):

operation ((computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction))

Antonym:

serial operation (the sequential execution of operations one after another)


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