multiprocessing

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mul·ti·proc·ess·ing / ˌməltiˈpräsˌesing; ˌməlˌtī-; -ˈpräsəsing/ (also mul·ti·pro·gram·ming) • n. Comput. the running of two or more programs or sequences of instructions simultaneously by a computer with more than one central processor.

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