Look up: Parallel

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   Parallel
   A line of latitude.
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   [adj] - (computer science) of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations 2. [adj] - being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting 3. [v] - be parallel to 4. [v] - make or place parallel to something
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   Parallel
   1) A circuit interconnection in that the source feeds several branch circuit components and interruption of current flow in one component does not stop current flow in another.
   2) A method of sending data where each digit of a digital word is sent at the same time over separate wires/connections.
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   (Digital cameras and photo printers) Simultaneous but independent execution of individual tasks.
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   a device or communication channel is said to be parallel if the data is sent several bits at a time down several parallel wires - the printer port sends eight bits of data at a time
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   Components or circuits connected to the same end points, so that each circuit provides an alternate path for electrical current from the same source. Compare to series.
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   Parallel
   A means of connecting two or more circuits together so that their inputs are connected together, and their outputs are all connected together.
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   Parallel
   a link between data processing devices on which the data moves over multiple wires and more quickly than serial interface. Imagine transmitting all 8 letters in a word at the same time over each wire. In parallel interface, the 8 bits (a byte) are received and then processed simultaneously. A common parallel interface option is Centronics® (36 pin...
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   Parallel
   Two or more lines are said to be parallel if they are in the same plane, but never intersect. Two or more planes are parallel if the planes never intersect.For two straight lines defined as: andIf m₁=m₂ the lines are parallel.If m₁*m₂=-1 the two lines are perpendicular.
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    In a parallel electrical circuit, the components share an energy source but do not share the same current.
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    parallel processing
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    the simultaneous transmission of processing of the individual parts of a whole,such as the bits of a character or the characters of a word Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers) • the cylinder, and the revolving flats, arranged in an endless chain, parallel the fibers. Category: Various industries and crafts
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    Parallel
    Definition (keystage 2) Pointing in exactly the same direction. Always the same distance apart.
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    Parallel
    Par'al·lel adjective [ French parallèle , Latin parallelus , from Greek ...; para` beside + ... of one another, from ... other, akin to Latin alius . See Allien .] 1. (Geom.) Extended in the same direction, and in all parts equally distant; as, parallel lines; parallel planes. « Revolutions . . . parallel to the equ ...
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    Parallel
    Par'al·lel noun 1. A line which, throughout its whole extent, is equidistant from another line; a parallel line, a parallel plane, etc. « Who made the spider parallels design, Sure as De Moivre, without rule or line ?» Pope. 2. Direction conformable to that of another line, « Lines that from their parallel decline.» Garth.
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    Par'al·lel transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Paralleled ; present participle & verbal noun Paralleling .] 1. To place or set so as to be parallel; to place so as to be parallel to, or to conform in direction with, something else. « The needle . . . doth parallel and place itself upon the true meridian.& ...
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    Parallel
    Par'al·lel intransitive verb To be parallel; to correspond; to be like. [ Obsolete] Bacon.
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    Parallel
    Par'al·lel noun (Electricity) That arrangement of an electrical system in which all positive poles, electrodes, terminals, etc., are joined to one conductor, and all negative poles, etc., to another conductor; -- called also multiple . Opposed to series . » Parts of a system so arranged are said to be in parallel or in multiple .
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    1. Pertaining to straight lines or planes that do not intersect. ... 2. <physics> Pertaining to electric circuit components connected in parallel so that the current flow divides, each branch passing through one component and rejoins, applied by extension to any similar parallel circuit, for example the systemic circulation to the various orga ...
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    parallel
    adjective of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations; `parallel processing`
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    adjective being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting; `parallel lines never converge`; `concentric circles are parallel`; `dancers in two parallel rows`
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    Parallel
    • (n.) That arrangement of an electrical system in which all positive poles, electrodes, terminals, etc., are joined to one conductor, and all negative poles, etc., to another conductor; -- called also multiple. Opposed to series. • (v. t.) To equal; to match; to correspond to. • (n.) A character consisting of two parallel vertical l...
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    parallel
    imaginary line extending around the Earth parallel to the equator; it is used to indicate latitude. The 38th parallel, for example, has a latitude of ... [2 related articles]
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    parallel
    1. pertaining to straight lines or planes that do not intersect. 2. pertaining to electric circuit components connected 'in parallel' so that the current flow divides, each branch passing through one component, and rejoins; applied by extension to any similar parallel circuit, e.g. the systemic circulation to the various organs.
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    parallel (Literally, 'beside each other') 1. In geometry, relating to or being lines, planes, or curved surfaces that are always the same distance apart and therefore never meet. 2. Relating to two things that are comparable because they are similar and share many characteristics.
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