parallel

adj 1: being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting; "parallel

lines never converge"; "concentric circles are

parallel"; "dancers in two parallel rows" [ant: {perpendicular},

{oblique}]

2: (computer science) of or relating to the simultaneous

performance of multiple operations; "parallel processing"

[syn: {in parallel(p)}]

n 1: something having the property of being analogous to

something else [syn: {analogue}, {analog}]

2: an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator

[syn: {latitude}, {line of latitude}, {parallel of

latitude}]

v 1: be parallel to; "Their roles are paralleled by ours"

2: make or place parallel to something; " They paralleled the

ditch to the highway." [syn: {collimate}]

3: duplicate or match; "The polished surface twinned his face

and chest in reverse" [syn: {twin}, {duplicate}]

Parallel C

1. Never implemented, but influenced the design of {C▫}.

2. {C} for the {transputer} by {3L}.

3. (PC) Extensions to {C} developed at the {University of

Houston} providing a {shared memory} {SIMD} model on {message

passing} computers.

{(ftp://karazm.math.uh.edu/pub/Parallel/Tools/pc.1.1.1.tar.Z)}

E-mail: Ridgway Scott .

(1995-03-21)