Parallel
The term Parallel has a number of important meanings:- Parallel (geometry) occurs in geometry lines or planes are parallel, then every point on one is located exactly the same minimum distance from the other line or plane.
- Parallel (latitude) refers to a line of latitude
- Parallel computing is the simultaneous execution of the same task (split up and specially adapted) on multiple processors in order to obtain faster results.
- In electronics, components are said to be "in parallel" if current branches to flow through both simultaneously, as against "in series" where the current flows through first one, then the other, along a single path.
- Parallel importation
- Parallel parking
- Parallel postulate
- Parallel programming
- Parallel transport
- Parallel universe
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