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Look up: parallel


  1. Parallel
    A line of latitude.
    Found op http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/aboutus/reports/misc/glossary.htm

  2. parallel
    [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
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=parallel

  3. 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....
    Found op http://www.testing1212.co.uk/a.htm

  4. Parallel
    (Digital cameras and photo printers) Simultaneous but independent execution of individual tasks.
    Found op http://www.olympus.co.uk/consumer/208_1010.htm

  5. Parallel
    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
    Found op http://www.archivemag.co.uk/

  6. parallel
    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.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20581

  7. Parallel
    A means of connecting two or more circuits together so that their inputs are connected together, and their outputs are all connected together.
    Found op http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/music%20tech%20glossary/Music%20Tech%20Gl

  8. 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...
    Found op http://www.thebarcodewarehouse.co.uk/help/glossary.xhtml

  9. 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 ...
    Found op http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/source/p/a/parallel/source.html

  10. parallel
    In a parallel electrical circuit, the components share an energy source but do not share the same current.
    Found op http://www.gcse.com/glos.htm

  11. 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 ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/19

  12. 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 ?» Po...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/19



  1. Parallel
    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 ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/19

  2. Parallel
    Par'al·lel intransitive verb To be parallel; to correspond; to be like. [ Obsolete] Bacon.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/19

  3. 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 . Oppos...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/19

  4. parallel
    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 e...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?parallel

  5. parallel
    adjective of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations; `parallel processing`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=parallel

  6. parallel
    adjective being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting; `parallel lines never converge`; `concentric circles are parallel`; `dancers in two parallel rows`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=parallel

  7. 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.)...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/parallel/

  8. 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]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/16

  9. 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 circ...
    Found op http://users.ugent.be/~rvdstich/eugloss/DIC/dictio64.html

  10. parallel
    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.
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/4033/3

  11. parallel
    parallel processing
    Found op http://foldoc.org/parallel

  12. Parallel
    [video] Parallel is a video feature compiling all of R.E.M.`s Automatic for the People and Monster-era promotional videos, as well as several recorded for this release alone. It was released on video on May 30, 1995, and on DVD format on August 22, 2000, both on the Warner Brothers label.{Ci...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_(video)

  13. Parallel
    [manga] ==Characters== ==Volumes== ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_(manga)

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