Parallel transport — In geometry, parallel transport is a way of transporting geometrical data along smooth curves in a manifold. If the manifold is equipped with an affine connection (a covariant derivative or connection on the tangent bundle), then this connection… … Wikipedia
Parallel communication — In telecommunication and computer science, parallel communication is a method of sending several data signals simultaneously over a communication link (comprising of several wired channels in parallel) at one time. It contrasts with serial… … Wikipedia
Parallel ATA — ATA connector on the right, with two motherboard ATA sockets on the left. Type … Wikipedia
parallel — I adjective abreast, agreed, akin, aligned, analogous, coequal, coextending, coextensive, cognate, coincident, collateral, commensurable, comparable, comparing, comparison, concerted, concomitant, concurrent, congeneric, congenerous, congruous,… … Law dictionary
connection — I (abutment) noun abuttal, border, contact, contiguousness, junction, juxtaposition, nearness, tangency, union II (fastening) noun attachment, binder, bond, bridge, catch, catenation, cohesion, combination, concatenation, conjunction,… … Law dictionary
parallel port — noun count COMPUTING a connection between a computer and another piece of equipment, for example a printer, that uses more than one wire to carry information ─ compare SERIAL PORT … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
parallel interface — connection between communications devices which transfers one complete word of information at a time … English contemporary dictionary
Connection (mathematics) — In geometry, the notion of a connection makes precise the idea of transporting data along a curve or family of curves in a parallel and consistent manner. There are a variety of kinds of connections in modern geometry, depending on what sort of… … Wikipedia
Connection (vector bundle) — This article is about connections on vector bundles. See connection (mathematics) for other types of connections in mathematics. In mathematics, a connection on a fiber bundle is a device that defines a notion of parallel transport on the bundle; … Wikipedia
Connection Machine — Thinking Machines CM 1 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View. One of the face plates has been partially removed to show the circuit boards inside. The Connection Machine was a series of supercomputers that grew out of Danny Hillis… … Wikipedia
Parallel Bus Interface (PBI) — The Parallel Bus Interface or PBI is a 50 pin port found on some Atari 8 bit XL computers. It provides unbuffered, direct connection to the system bus lines (address, data, control), running at the same speed as the 6502 CPU.Only the 600XL and… … Wikipedia