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