PARALLEL OPERATION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The simultaneous execution of two or more operations

Synonyms:

parallel operation; simultaneous operation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

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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