parallelcomputingframework
nounUK /ˈpærəlɛl kəmˈpjuːtɪŋ ˈfreɪmwɜːk/
US /ˈpærəlɛl kəmˈpjuːtɪŋ ˈfreɪmwɜːrk/
A set of tools that helps a computer do many jobs at the same time.
The scientists used a parallel computing framework to run their simulation much faster.
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2. A software library that splits large tasks across many processors automatically.
The framework divided the image processing work among all available cores.
3. A programming environment for writing code that runs on many machines at once.
Developers built the weather model on a parallel computing framework spanning hundreds of servers.
4. A structured set of APIs and patterns for coordinating simultaneous operations.
The parallel computing framework handled synchronization so the team could focus on logic.