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SERIAL OPERATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does serial operation mean?
• SERIAL OPERATION (noun)
The noun SERIAL OPERATION has 1 sense:
1. the sequential execution of operations one after another
Familiarity information: SERIAL OPERATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The sequential execution of operations one after another
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
consecutive operation; sequential operation; serial operation
Hypernyms ("serial 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:
parallel operation (the simultaneous execution of two or more operations)
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