(n.) A computer system made up of many identifiable processing units working together in parallel. The term is often used synonymously with concurrent computer to include both multiprocessor and multicomputer. The term concurrent generally dominates in usage in the USA, whereas the term parallel is the more widely used in Europe.
A computer that uses several processors connected in parallel (Working concurrently). Software written for parallel computers can increase the amount of work done in a specific amount of time by dividing a computing task among several simultaneously functioning processors.
A computer having multiple CPUs.
A computer with multiple processors working in parallel on portions of one computation.
A computer that can perform more than one operation at the same time using more than one processing units.
a collection of processing elements that may execute concurrently, and communicate via an interconnect
Any computer containing more than one CPU which can be applied to a single computational problem. For more information, see the HPCinfo hardware and software pages.
A computer system made up of many identifiable processing units working together in parallel. The term is often used synonymously with concurrent computer to include both multiprocessor and multicomputer. The term concurrent is more commonly used in the United States, whereas the term parallel is more common in Europe.
