multi-processing

[muhl-tee-pros-es-ing, -uh-sing or, especially Brit., -proh-ses-ing, -suh-sing]

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noun Computers.

the simultaneous execution of two or more programs or instruction sequences by separate CPUs under integrated control.

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Origin:
1930–35; multi- + process + -ing¹

Related forms

mul·ti·proc·es·sor, noun

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