bulkparallelism
nounUK /bʌlk ˈpærəlɛlɪzəm/
US /bʌlk ˈpærəlɛlɪzəm/
Bulk parallelism is when a computer does many small jobs at the same time to finish faster.
The game loaded quickly because bulk parallelism let the computer draw many parts of the screen at once.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A computing style where one instruction works on many pieces of data at once.
Bulk parallelism helps the weather app crunch millions of numbers in seconds.
3. Doing lots of similar tasks together in one big batch instead of one by one.
The teacher used bulk parallelism to grade all the quizzes at the same time.
4. A way to speed up programs by splitting big work into many equal chunks.
The robot used bulk parallelism to sort a huge pile of blocks quickly.