parallel and concurrent processing (the difference) Flashcards

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what is parallel processing

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Parallel processing is when more than one processor is executing separate instructions at the same time (used to complete more than one task simultaneously )

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what is concurrent processing

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Concurrent processing is when more than one process is running from a program at once, with each task / process in turn being given a slice of the processor time. makes it look like tasks being completed simultaneously when in reality, they are executed sequentially

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