Parallel
The term Parallel has a number of important meanings:
- Parallel (geometry) occurs in geometry. If two lines or planes are parallel, then every point on one is located exactly the same minimum distance from the other line or plane.
- A parallel is a circle 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.
- A data link or port is said to be parallel if bits are transmitted simultaneously on separate wires, as opposed to serial if bits are transmitted consecutively on a single wire. See serial communications.
- Parallel importation
- Parallel parking
- Parallel postulate
- Parallel programming
- Parallel transport
- Parallel universe
- Parallel study
- 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.
- Parallel highways, for example, U.S. Highway 60 parallels Interstate 64 in places
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