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Latest revision as of 12:07, 27 February 2024
Parallel describes a style of information processing where multiple bits are handled at the same time.
Examples are buses, which typically use multiple conductors to send that many bits at the same time; and the ALUs in most CPUs, which have a multi-bit adder, and completely add two numbers in a single operation (unlike those in serial computers).
