Multiprocessing

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
MP
Pronunciation
/ˈmʌltɪˈprəʊsɛsɪŋ/
Category
Computing
Related Field
General

Examples in Context

  1. Multiprocessing(MP) system is a computer system employing two or more interconnected processing units to execute programs.
  2. A software flag, by which processors in a multiprocessing system interrupt each other.
  3. This is one way to use PHP to advantage on a multiprocessing host.
  4. But now, twenty years later, multiprocessing has returned to these same personal computer systems through symmetric multiprocessing.
  5. That's the idea behind tightly-coupled multiprocessing ( also called multi-core computing ).

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