Computer Science: An Overview (12th Edition)
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Author: Glenn Brookshear, Dennis Brylow
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Chapter 6.6, Problem 1QE
Program Plan Intro
Concurrent processing:
Concurrent processing is a type of processing that consists of multiple processors working together executing instructions simultaneously at the same time for better efficiency and better performance.
The word concurrent itself means that several things take place at the same time.
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