multi-core program
nounUK /ˌmʌltiˈkɔː prəʊɡræm/
US /ˌmʌltiˈkɔːr proʊɡræm/
A multi-core program is a computer program that uses more than one brain at the same time to work faster.
The video game runs as a multi-core program, so it loads quickly on new computers.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. Software designed to split its work across several processor cores for speed.
Engineers rewrote the app as a multi-core program to cut processing time.
3. A program whose tasks run at the same time on different cores.
The simulation is a multi-core program that handles each region on a separate core.
4. A piece of code built to take advantage of multicore hardware.
This multi-core program scales well from two cores to sixteen.