[muhl-tee-pros-es-ing, -uh-sing or, especially Brit., -proh-ses-ing, -suh-sing] 
| the simultaneous execution of two or more programs or instruction sequences by separate CPUs under integrated control. |
| mul·ti·proc·ess·ing (mŭl'tē-prŏs'ěs'ĭng, -prō'sěs'ĭng, -ə-sĭng, -tī-) n. A method of computing in which different parts of a task are distributed between two or more similar central processing units, allowing the computer to complete operations more quickly and to handle larger, more complex procedures. |
multiprocessing
parallel processing
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