Parallel processing is a situation in which two or more processors operate in unison.

In multiprocessing systems, the Processor Manager has to coordinate the activity of each processor, as well as synchronize cooperative interaction among the CPUs.

The only reason for multiprocessing is to increase computer power.

When multiprocessing takes place at the thread level, a high degree of synchronization is required to disassemble each process.

The master/slave configuration is a symmetric multiprocessing system.

In a master/slave system, the master processor is responsible for managing the entire system—all files, devices, memory, and processors.

The loosely coupled configuration features several complete computer systems, each with its own memory, I/O devices, CPU, and operating system.

In a loosely coupled system, a job may move from one processor to another during execution.

The symmetric configuration is best implemented if the processors are all of the same type.

In a symmetric configuration, processor scheduling is centralized.

The common element in all synchronization schemes is to allow a process to finish work on a critical region of the program before other processes have access to it.

A semaphore is a negative integer variable that is used as a binary signal.

The problem of masters and slaves arises when two types of processes need to access a shared resource such as a file or database.

Multiprocessing can refer to one job using several processors to execute sets of instructions in parallel.

For many computational purposes, serial processing is sufficient; it’s easy to implement and fast enough for most users.

Threads share the same resources as the process that created them.

Java was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc., and released in 1995 as the first software platform that promised to allow programmers to code an application with the capability to run on any computer.

Parallel processing is also called ____.

One single-core CPU chip in 2003 placed about ____transistors into one square mullimeter, roughly the size of the tip of a ball point pen.

The ____ configuration is an asymmetric multiprocessing system.

In a loosely coupled multiporocessing configuration each processor has its own ____.

The ____ configuration is the most difficult to implement.

In a symmetric configuration, processor scheduling is ____.

The need for algorithms to resolve conflicts between processors is called process ____.

A ____ of processing must be handled as a unit.

Lock and key synchronization must take place within a single ____.

When a computer evaluates the expression A = 3 * B * C + 4 / (D + E) ** (F – G), in a sequential manner, ____ is evaluated as a first step.

Automatic detection by the compiler of instructions that can be performed in parallel is called ____.

Most current operating systems support the implementation of threads, or ____, which have become part of numerous application packages.

The source code of a Java program is first compiled into an intermediate language called Java ____, which are platform-independent.