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Advantages of Parallel Processing and the Effects of Communications Time

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Overview Many computing tasks involve heavy mathematical calculations, or analyzing large amounts of data. These operations can take a long time to complete using only one computer. Networks such as the Internet provide many computers with the ability to communicate with each other. Parallel or distributed computing takes advantage of these networked computers by arranging them to work together on a problem, thereby reducing the time needed to obtain the solution. The drawback to using a network of computers to solve a problem is the time wasted in communicating between the various hosts.

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Publisher	BBN Technologies	File Format	PDF
Date Published	February 2000
Format	White Papers
Topics	Parallel Processing

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