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fork-join

fork-join noun: a pattern for parallel computing where execution parallelizes (or forks) at designated points in the program, to later merge (join) again for sequential computation.

fork-join: a pattern for parallel computing where execution parallelizes (or forks) at designated points in...
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Noun

fork-join (countable and uncountable, plural fork-joins)

  1. (attributive) A pattern for parallel computing where execution parallelizes (or forks) at designated points in the program, to later merge (join) again for sequential computation.
    • In a fork-join paradigm, tasks are likely dependent on one another, and it turns out naively splitting them among processors will likely cause one of the processors to be underutilized.2017, Katherine Cox-Buday, Concurrency in Go […] , O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 198

Forms of fork-join

pluralfork-joins

Questions about fork-join

What does fork-join mean?
Fork-join means a pattern for parallel computing where execution parallelizes (or forks) at designated points in the program, to later merge (join) again for sequential computation.
What part of speech is fork-join?
Fork-join is a noun.
What is the plural of fork-join?
The plural of fork-join is fork-joins.

Words near fork-join in the dictionary

  1. fork out
  2. fork over
  3. fork truck
  4. fork trucks
  5. fork-end
  6. fork-join
  7. fork-leaved sundew
  8. fork-marked lemur
  9. fork-marked lemurs
  10. fork-tailed bush katydid
  11. fork-tailed bush katydids

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