Parallel is a
geometric term of location which may refer to:
Computing
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Parallel algorithm
In computer science, a parallel algorithm, as opposed to a traditional serial algorithm, is an algorithm which can do multiple operations in a given time. It has been a tradition of computer science to describe serial algorithms in abstract machin ...
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Parallel computing
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Parallel metaheuristic
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Parallel (software)
GNU parallel is a command-line driven utility for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems which allows the user to execute shell scripts or commands in parallel. GNU parallel is free software, written by Ole Tange in Perl. It is available un ...
, a UNIX utility for running programs in parallel
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Parallel Sysplex, a cluster of IBM mainframes
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Parallel communication
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Parallel port
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Parallel ATA
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Parallel Computers, Inc., an American computer manufacturer of the 1980s
Mathematics and science
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Parallel circuits
Two-terminal components and electrical networks can be connected in series or parallel. The resulting electrical network will have two terminals, and itself can participate in a series or parallel topology. Whether a two-terminal "object" is a ...
, as opposed to series
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Parallel (geometry)
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Parallel (operator)
The parallel operator (also known as reduced sum, parallel sum or parallel addition) \, (pronounced "parallel", following the parallel lines notation from geometry) is a mathematical function which is used as a shorthand in electrical e ...
, mathematical function used in electrical engineering
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Parallel postulate
In geometry, the parallel postulate, also called Euclid's fifth postulate because it is the fifth postulate in Euclid's ''Elements'', is a distinctive axiom in Euclidean geometry. It states that, in two-dimensional geometry:
''If a line segmen ...
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Parallel evolution
Parallel evolution is the similar development of a trait in distinct species that are not closely related, but share a similar original trait in response to similar evolutionary pressure.Zhang, J. and Kumar, S. 1997Detection of convergent and paral ...
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Parallel transport
In geometry, parallel transport (or parallel translation) is a way of transporting geometrical data along smooth curves in a manifold. If the manifold is equipped with an affine connection (a covariant derivative or connection on the tangent b ...
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Parallel manipulator
Navigation
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Parallel (latitude), an imaginary east–west line circling a globe
* Parallel of
declination, used in astronomy
Music and entertainment
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''Parallel'' (manga)
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''Parallel'' (2018 film), a Canadian science fiction thriller film
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Parallel (2023 film) an upcoming American science fiction thriller film
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Parallel key, the minor (or major) key of a major (or minor) key with the same tonic
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Parallel chord
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''Parallel'' (video), a compilation of music videos by REM
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''Parallel'' (The Black Dog album), 1995
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Parallel (Four Tet album)
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''Parallel'' (EP), a 2017 EP by GFriend
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The Parallel
"The Parallel" is episode 113 of the American television anthology series ''The Twilight Zone''. In this episode an astronaut returns from a voyage to find the world not quite the same as he remembers it. It was an early example of the concept ...
", an episode of the TV series ''The Twilight Zone''
Other uses
* Parallel, a type of trench; see
Siege#Age of gunpowder
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Parallel cousin
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Avinguda del Paral·lel
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Parallelism (grammar), a balance of two or more similar words, phrases, or clauses
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Parallelism (rhetoric)
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Parallel (filling stations operator), an operator in Ukraine's oil wholesale and retail markets
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Parallel lines (disambiguation)
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Parallel universe (disambiguation)
Parallel universe often refers to parallel universes in fiction, a self-contained separate world, universe or reality coexisting with the real world, which is used as a recurring plot point or setting used in fantasy and science fiction.
Parallel ...
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Parallel World (disambiguation)
See also
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Parallels (disambiguation)
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