parallel-processing
nounUK /ˈpær.ə.lel ˈprəʊ.ses.ɪŋ/
US /ˈper.ə.lel ˈprɑː.ses.ɪŋ/
Parallel processing is when a computer does many jobs at the same time instead of one after another.
The new game console uses parallel processing to load the game world faster.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. In psychology, the idea that the brain handles many pieces of information at once.
Parallel processing explains how we recognize a face and a voice at the same moment.
3. Doing several tasks at the same time in everyday life rather than in sequence.
Cooking dinner while doing laundry is a kind of parallel processing.
4. In manufacturing, running multiple production steps simultaneously to save time.
The factory's parallel processing cut assembly time in half.