parallelize
parallelize verb: to make parallel (to each other).
Verb
parallelize (third-person singular simple present parallelizes, present participle parallelizing, simple past and past participle parallelized)
- To make parallel (to each other).
- Care must be taken lest the machine parallelize the fibers.
- To make to execute in parallel.
- The programmers had to learn how to parallelize their algorithms.
- We present a general method to parallelize branch & bound algorithms on transputer networks and an application of this method to solve symmetric traveling salesman problems by a best first branch & bound strategy.1992, Wouter Joosen, Elie Milgrom, Parallel Computing: From Theory to Sound Practice, Barcelona, Spain, page 598
- To treat as if parallel; to draw parallels between.
- They erroneously parallelized the symptoms of the two diseases.
Forms of parallelize
| third-person singular present | parallelizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | parallelizing |
| past participle | parallelized |
| past | parallelized |
| alternative form | parallelise |
Origin of parallelize
From parallel + -ize.
Words formed from parallelize
Questions about parallelize
- What does parallelize mean?
- Parallelize means to make parallel (to each other).
- What part of speech is parallelize?
- Parallelize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of parallelize?
- The past tense of parallelize is parallelized.
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