multiprocessing

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

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

Origin of multiprocessing

1
First recorded in 1930–35; multi- + process + -ing1

Other words from multiprocessing

  • mul·ti·proc·es·sor, noun

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