Keyword | Definition |
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Multicore | A way of improving performance by placing multiple compute units within the same processor so that multiple operations can be executed in parallel. |
Parallel processing | A way of improving performance by splitting the tasks that need to be executed across multiple physical CPUs. |
Single Instruction Multiple Data (SIMD) | Performing the same instruction on a range of data (e.g. multiple variables) at the same time |