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PARALLEL PROCESSING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does parallel processing mean?
• PARALLEL PROCESSING (noun)
The noun PARALLEL PROCESSING has 1 sense:
1. simultaneous processing by two or more processing units
Familiarity information: PARALLEL PROCESSING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Simultaneous processing by two or more processing units
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
multiprocessing; parallel processing
Hypernyms ("parallel processing" is a kind of...):
data processing ((computer science) a series of operations on data by a computer in order to retrieve or transform or classify information)
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