concurrentprocessingsystem
nounA computer setup that does many jobs at the same time.
The concurrent processing system kept the game running smoothly while it downloaded updates.
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2. A computing architecture in which multiple processors execute tasks simultaneously to improve performance.
The server's concurrent processing system handled thousands of requests without slowing down.
3. A software framework that manages several operations at once by interleaving or overlapping their execution.
The concurrent processing system let the app fetch data and update the screen at the same time.
4. An operating-system arrangement that allows several programs to share resources while appearing to run together.
Engineers tuned the concurrent processing system to balance memory use across running programs.