concurrent operation
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5.6
- noun
- /kənˈkɜːrənt ˌɒpəˈreɪʃən/
- Specialized
- During the event, we had concurrent operations happening in different rooms to accommodate all the participants.
Examples
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The advantage of this concept is that there is no need for a central control element or central directory copies; it therefore allows concurrent operations on four buses.
Academic text (1997) -
Frame multiplexing allows the interface to be shared efficiently among several concurrent operations.
Academic text (1996) -
The entire memory address space is mapped across this pair of L2 chips, interleaved across the four memory cards to maximize concurrent operation.
Academic text (1997) -
In a nonblocking switch design such as the S/390 G4 shared L2, where multiple concurrent operations are allowed for improved system throughput, special care must be taken to maintain data consistency.
Academic text (1997) -
The server can handle multiple concurrent operations without crashing.
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In this software architecture, several concurrent operations are performed simultaneously to enhance performance.
Synonyms
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4.4
Two or more things working at the same time
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4.9
Doing more than one task at the same time on computers or machines
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6.7
Two or more programs run at the same time on one computer
Antonyms
How Simultaneous
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4.4
- Specialized
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5.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an operation occurring at the same time' is directly and compositionally derived from 'concurrent' (happening at the same time) + 'operation' (a process or action). This adjective+noun construction is a standard, cross-linguistically common pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both words should be able to understand the MWE.
Etymology
Concurrent operation paints a simple picture: imagine several machines or people working side by side, each operation happening at the same time. So, it means 'two or more actions happening at the same time'.