SERIAL OPERATION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The sequential execution of operations one after another

Synonyms:

consecutive operation; sequential operation; serial operation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

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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