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Parallel Software

Software can be built to work in a on multiple processors in many computers.

Two common styles of parallel computing are High-Performance Computing (HPC) focusing on making one task fast, while High Throughput Computing (HTC) handles a large number of independent tasks.

Many-task Computing (MTC) is similar to HTC but emphasizes completing many varied tasks quickly.

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