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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The simultaneous processing of different tasks by two or more microprocessors, as by a single computer with more than one central processing unit or by multiple computers connected together in a network.
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- noun simultaneous processing by two or more processing units
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