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Parallel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | 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 trenches in siege warfare are the trenches dug by besiegers in a generally parallel direction to the front of a stronghold chosen for attack. |
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