arrayparallelism
nounUK /əˈreɪ ˈpærəlɛlɪzəm/
US /əˈreɪ ˈpærəlɛlɪzəm/
Array parallelism is when a computer does many pieces of a big job at the same time.
The scientist used array parallelism to process thousands of weather readings at once.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A programming style where the same operation is applied to every element of an array simultaneously.
The image filter relied on array parallelism to adjust every pixel in one pass.
3. A hardware design in which many processing units work on different array elements in lockstep.
The chip's array parallelism let it multiply large matrices very quickly.
4. A technique in scientific computing for splitting large datasets across many processors.
Climate models benefit from array parallelism when simulating global temperatures.