Parallel — Par al*lel, a. [F. parall[ e]le, L. parallelus, fr. Gr. ?; para beside + ? of one another, fr. ? other, akin to L. alius. See {Alien}.] 1. (Geom.) Extended in the same direction, and in all parts equally distant; as, parallel lines; parallel… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Parallel — may refer to: Mathematics and science * Parallel (geometry) * Parallel (latitude), an imaginary east west line circling a globe Proper name * Parallel (manga), a shōnen manga by Toshihiko Kobayashi * Parallel (video), a video album by R.E.M. *… … Wikipedia
Parallel — Par al*lel, n. 1. A line which, throughout its whole extent, is equidistant from another line; a parallel line, a parallel plane, etc. [1913 Webster] Who made the spider parallels design, Sure as De Moivre, without rule or line ? Pope. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Parallel — Par al*lel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Paralleled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Paralleling}.] 1. To place or set so as to be parallel; to place so as to be parallel to, or to conform in direction with, something else. [1913 Webster] The needle . . . doth… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Parallel 9 — was a British children s television show that broadcast from 1992 to 1994. It aired on BBC1 on Saturday mornings, thereby occupying the time slot that was at other times held by programmes such as Going Live! .The premise of the show focused on… … Wikipedia
Parallel I/O — Parallel I/O, in the context of a computer, means the performance of multiple I/O operations at the same time. It is a common feature of operating systems.One particular instance is parallel writing of data to disk; when file data is sperad… … Wikipedia
Parallēl — (v. gr.), heißen zwei in einer Ebene liegende Gerade, wenn sie sich nicht schneiden, soweit man sie auch beiderseits verlängern mag. Wenn zwei gerade Linien eine dritte Gerade so schneiden, daß sie mit ihr nach derselben Seite hin gleiche Winkel… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Parallel C — may refer to: * Unified Parallel C, an extension of the C programming language designed for high performance computing on large scale parallel machines * an unimplemented programming language that influenced the design of C* * C for the… … Wikipedia
Parallel — Par al*lel, v. i. To be parallel; to correspond; to be like. [Obs.] Bacon. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Parallēl — (griech., »nebeneinander laufend«) heißen nach Euklid solche gerade Linien, die in derselben Ebene liegen und, nach beiden Seiten ins Unendliche verlängert, niemals zusammentreffen. Mit Hilfe des Parallelenaxioms (s. d.) läßt sich beweisen, daß… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Parallel — Parallēl (grch., »nebeneinander«) heißen in der Geometrie Linien oder Flächen, die überall gleichen Abstand voneinander haben und, beliebig verlängert, sich nicht schneiden; in der Rhetorik, was eine fortgesetzte Vergleichung zuläßt; die… … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon