embarrassingly parallel
Syllables: em·bar·rass·ing·ly pa·ra·llel/ɪmˌbæɹəsɪŋli ˈpæɹəlɛl/US/əmˈbɛɹəsɪŋli ˈpɛɹəˌlɛl/
embarrassingly parallel adjective: very easy to separate into a number of parallel tasks.
Adjective
embarrassingly parallel (comparative more embarrassingly parallel, superlative most embarrassingly parallel)
- Very easy to separate into a number of parallel tasks.
- We call such applications "embarrassingly parallel" to emphasize the fact that, while there is a high degree of parallelism and it is possible to make efficient use of many processors, the granularity is large enough that no cooperation between the processors is required within the matrix...1986, Cleve Moler, “Matrix Computation on Distributed Memory Multiprocessors”, in Michael T[homas] Heath, editor, Hypercube Multiprocessors 1986, Philadelphia, Pa.: Society for Industrial and Applied...
- In the product algorithm, in fact, only one arithmetic operation, a multiplication, is required, so with a sufficient number of processors it executes in constant time regardless of the degree of the result. […] This is the "embarrassingly parallel" aspect of the algorithms: doing this part in...1992, Dennis Weeks, “Embarrassingly Parallel Algorithms for Algebraic Number Arithmetic”, in Richard E. Zippel, editor, Computer Algebra and Parallelism: Second International Workshop, Ithaca, USA...
- Synonyms:
- delightfully parallel, embarrassingly parallelizable, perfectly parallel, pleasingly parallel
Examples of embarrassingly parallel in a sentence
- Both of the example applications we've looked at here would be considered embarrassingly parallel. […] By contrast, most parallel sorting algorithms require a great deal of interaction.2011, Norman Matloff, “Parallel R”, in The Art of R Programming: A Tour of Statistical Software Design, San Francisco, Calif.: No Starch...
- We derive our embarrassingly parallel VI algorithm, analyze our method theoretically, and demonstrate our method empirically on a few nonconjugate models.2015 October 14, Willie Neiswanger, Chong Wang, Eric Xing, “Embarrassingly Parallel Variational Inference in Nonconjugate Models”, in...
Synonyms of embarrassingly parallel
- delightfully parallel
- embarrassingly parallelizable
- perfectly parallel
- pleasingly parallel
Forms of embarrassingly parallel
| comparative | more embarrassingly parallel |
|---|---|
| superlative | most embarrassingly parallel |
Origin of embarrassingly parallel
From embarrassingly (in the sense of being embarrassingly or extremely easy) + parallel.
Questions about embarrassingly parallel
- What does embarrassingly parallel mean?
- Embarrassingly parallel means very easy to separate into a number of parallel tasks.
- How do you use embarrassingly parallel in a sentence?
- Both of the example applications we've looked at here would be considered embarrassingly parallel. […] By contrast, most parallel sorting algorithms require a great deal of interaction.
- What part of speech is embarrassingly parallel?
- Embarrassingly parallel is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce embarrassingly parallel?
- Embarrassingly parallel is pronounced /ɪmˌbæɹəsɪŋli ˈpæɹəlɛl/ (UK).
Words near embarrassingly parallel in the dictionary
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