"parallel computing" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} parallel computing (uncountable)
  1. A type of computation in which many calculations or processes are carried out simultaneously. Tags: uncountable Translations (Translations): حَوْسَبَة مُتَوَازِية (alt: ḥawsaba(t) mutawāziya) [feminine] (Arabic), rinnakkaislaskenta (Finnish), 並列計算 (alt: へいれつけいさん) (Japanese), paralel hesaplama (Turkish), koşut hesaplama (Turkish)

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