concurrent
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
geometry
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From Middle English concurrent, from Old French concurrent, from Latin concurrēns, present active participle of concurrō (“happen at the same time”), from con- (“with”) + currō (“run”).
Inflected forms:
form: more concurrent
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most concurrent
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: concurrents
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Happening at the same time; simultaneous.
pos: adj
examples: concurrent echo
Such are the changes which science recognizes in the wire itself, as concurrent with the visual changes taking place in the eye.
In 1915, concurrent with the L.S.W.R. electrification, power was supplied from the Waterloo sub-station, and the old equipment held in reserve. Some generator sets were removed, and motor generators installed for standby lighting and other services.
gloss: Belonging to the same period; contemporary.
pos: adj
gloss: Acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act or opinion; contributing to the same event or effect.
pos: adj
examples: I join with these laws the personal presence of the king's son, as a concurrent cause of this reformation.
the concurrent testimony of antiquity
gloss: Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of similar questions; operating on the same objects.
pos: adj
examples: the concurrent jurisdiction of courts
gloss: Meeting in one point.
pos: adj
gloss: Running alongside one another on parallel courses; moving together in space.
pos: adj
gloss: Designed to run independently, rather than sequentially, using various mechanisms, such as threads, event loops or time-slicing.
pos: adj
examples: Informally, a concurrent program is one that does more than one thing at a time. […] However, this simultaneity is sometimes an illusion.
Different concurrent designs enable different ways to parallelize.
More precisely, a concurrent algorithm (or concurrent program) is the description of a set of sequential state machines that cooperate through a communication medium, e. g., a shared memory.
Many languages are dogmatic about the solutions they offer for handling concurrent problems. For example, Erlang has elegant functionality for message-passing concurrency but has only obscure ways to share state between threads.
gloss: One who, or that which, concurs; a joint or contributory cause.
pos: noun
examples: To all affairs of importance there are three necessary concurrents […] time, industry, and faculties.
gloss: One pursuing the same course, or seeking the same objects; hence, a rival; an opponent.
pos: noun
examples: Menander […] had no concurrent in his time that came neere vnto him
gloss: One of the supernumerary days of the year over fifty-two complete weeks; so called because they concur with the solar cycle, the course of which they follow.
pos: noun
gloss: One who accompanies a sheriff's officer as witness.
pos: noun
Derived words: autoconcurrent
concurrent estate
concurrent indicator
concurrently
concurrentness
nonconcurrent
unconcurrent
Translations:
lang: Catalan
word: concurrent
lang: Finnish
word: rinnakkainen
lang: French
word: parallèle
lang: German
word: parallel
lang: Icelandic
word: samskeiða
lang: Polish
word: współbieżny
lang: Polish
word: równoległy
lang: Portuguese
word: concorrente
lang: Portuguese
word: paralelo
lang: Russian
word: паралле́льный
roman: parallélʹnyj
lang: Turkish
word: paralel