concurrency
/kənˈkɜrənsi/
noun
- The state of things happening at the same time.
- The concurrency of the two meetings made it impossible to attend both.
- Traffic concurrency often leads to delays at the intersection.
- The concurrency of the concerts caused a shortage of parking spaces.
- In computing, the ability of a system to run multiple processes or tasks at the same time.
- The new software handles concurrency efficiently, allowing many users to work simultaneously.
- Concurrency is important for servers that must handle thousands of requests per second.
- Programmers use special techniques to manage concurrency and avoid data conflicts.
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