The technique by which the many processors in a multiprocessor system interact with one another is one of the characteristics that may be utilized to describe these systems. [As an example:] [As an example:]
The technique by which the many processors in a multiprocessor system interact with one another is one of the characteristics that may be utilized to describe these systems. [As an example:] [As an example:]

A multiprocessor system is a system design that combines two or more processing units to create parallel processing, speed up execution, and achieve other important goals like fault tolerance and application matching.
Nine different types of multiprocessor systems can be identified based on their capability:
I. Loosely coupled multiprocessor system
II. Tightly coupled multiprocessor system
III. Homogeneous multiprocessor system
IV. Heterogeneous multiprocessor system
V. Shared memory multiprocessor system
VI. Distributed memory multiprocessor system
VII. Uniform memory access (UMA) system
VIII. cc–NUMA system
IX. Hybrid system
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