What Is Multiprocessor
What Is Multiprocessor
Multiple processors. A multiprocessor machine uses two or more CPUs for routine processing.
Multiprocessing
Simultaneous processing with two or more processors in one computer, or two or more computers processing together. When two or more computers are used, they are tied together with a high-speed channel and share the general workload between them.
If one fails, the other takes over.
It is also accomplished in special-purpose computers, such as array processors, which provide concurrent processing on sets of data.
Although computers are built with various overlapping features, such as executing instructions while inputting and outputting data, multiprocessing refers specifically to concurrent instruction executions.
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