(n.) Turning a serial computation into a parallel one. Also sometimes turning a vector computation into a parallel one. This may be done automatically by a parallelising compiler or (more usually) by rewriting (parts of) the program so that it uses some parallel paradigm. See also dataflow, data parallelism, futures, generative communication, message passing, shared variables.

An optimization that transforms eligible program loops for parallel execution on a multiprocessor machine.

Rewriting an existing program to run on a computer with multiple processing units.

Allocating multiple channels for RMAN backup and recovery operations.

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