Parallel

Parallel is a geometric term of location which may refer to:

Computing

• Parallel algorithm
• Parallel computing
• Parallel metaheuristic
• Parallel (software), a UNIX utility for running programs in parallel
• Parallel Sysplex, a cluster of IBM mainframes
• Parallel communication
• Parallel port
• Parallel ATA
• Parallel Computers, Inc., an American computer manufacturer of the 1980s

Mathematics and science

• Parallel circuits, as opposed to series
• Parallel (geometry)
• Parallel (operator), mathematical function used in electrical engineering
• Parallel postulate
• Parallel evolution
• Parallel transport
• Parallel manipulator

Navigation

• Parallel (latitude), an imaginary east–west line circling a globe
• Parallel of declination, used in astronomy

Music and entertainment

• Parallel (manga)
• Parallel (2018 film), a Canadian science fiction thriller film
• Parallel (2023 film) an upcoming American science fiction thriller film
• Parallel key, the minor (or major) key of a major (or minor) key with the same tonic
• Parallel chord
• Parallel (video), a compilation of music videos by REM
• Parallel (The Black Dog album), 1995
• Parallel (Four Tet album)
• Parallel (EP), a 2017 EP by GFriend
• "The Parallel", an episode of the TV series The Twilight Zone

Other uses

• Parallel, a type of trench; see Siege#Age of gunpowder
• Parallel cousin
• Avinguda del Paral·lel
• Parallelism (grammar), a balance of two or more similar words, phrases, or clauses
• Parallelism (rhetoric)
• Parallel (filling stations operator), an operator in Ukraine's oil wholesale and retail markets
• Parallel lines (disambiguation)
• Parallel universe (disambiguation)
• Parallel World (disambiguation)

See also

• Parallels (disambiguation)