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Parallel Processing refers to the concept of speeding-up the execution of a program by dividing the program into multiple fragments that can execute simultaneously, each on its own processor. A program being executed across n processors might execute n times faster than it would using a single processor.

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colloquialism

Is it appropriate to use such a colloquial term as "divide and conquer"? --Russell Richie

Merger

Perhaps this could be combined with and automatically link to parallel computing? This page seem rather redundant considering the size of the parallel computing page. --beefpelican

Processing and computing are two aspects of the same idea: serial and parallel forms exist in both. Computing tends to be processor/computer oriented, but other forms exist besides digital processors: analog, optical, biological. Parallel processing as applied to biology indicates different hardware (organs, tissues, nerves) dividing up a task to improve the survival chances of the organism. The visual cortex is the historical version of this type of study. I favor making this a disambiguation page. C.S.Davidson

The computer based aspect should be, certainly. However, the brain-based portion should be in a separate article. You could either leave that here, or make Parallel processing a disambiguation page, and move the brain information to something like Parallel processing (brain). I favor the latter, as that helps reduce the chance that future editors adding computer based info into the brain article. -- 15:09, 28 August 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.33.121.200 (talk)

This is psychology, not computing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.59.120.2 (talk) 14:48, 5 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Machine Vision

I marked this article for cleanup because it seems to be more about machine vision than about parallel processing. Finn zee Fox 19:47, 24 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I took a look at the Wikipedia pages after talking with others about parallel mental processing in another online space. It would be ideal to have 2 designations in Wikipedia -- one that would explore parallel mental processing (e.g. human brain neural network processes) and another for parallel computing (e.g., processes that occur in computer environments with networked processes). This page, as written, is more representative of the technology determinist perspective due to connections that are being made between human and computer processes. [User: Gail Taylor} —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.126.24.179 (talk) 22:47, 24 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete This Page

I suggest deleting this page, as it only very briefly covers parallel processing in the brain, not parallel processing in general, and even in this much smaller scope it isn't really of much use. I feel a search query of 'parallel processing' should instead redirect to the 'parallel computing' page. Davehodgson333 (talk) 16:04, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree. Above some people talked about merging the parallel processing in computers section with the parallel computing article, and leaving this one. Parallel processing would redirect to the parallel computing page, but with a disambiguation link to parallel processing (brain). It is a short section, but it does have some valuable information, such as how the brain processes sight. I couldn't find a description like this in the "visual perception" or "visual system" articles. Rockin2the70s (talk) 00:35, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

As a casual enquirer into parallel processing in consciousness studies, I found this page concise and useful. I told me exactly what I needed to know without extraneous information on the computer aspect.119.11.86.90 (talk) 10:57, 8 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Expanding Article

Hello everyone. Over the course of the month, I have been collecting information and finding new sources for improving the article, most of which is in my sandbox. I will be adding to the article over the course of this week, and welcome any suggestions or feedback! :)Sushi0506 (talk) 12:22, 16 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Lead section could be improved

I think that the lead section can include more detail about the subject, it should also show an overview of what will be discussed late on (foreshadow the sections to come). Kemem9634 (talk) 18:33, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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