Simultaneous transmission of, storage of, or logical operations on the parts of a word, character, or other subdivision of a word in a computer, using separate facilities for the various parts.

Connected to the same pair of terminals. Also known as multiple; shunt.

A circle on the surface of the earth, parallel to the plane of the equator and connecting all points of equal latitude. Also known as circle of longitude; parallel of latitude.

1. Lines are parallel in a euclidean space if they lie in a common plane and do not intersect.

2. Planes are parallel in a euclidean three-dimensional space if they do not intersect.

3. A circle parallel to the primary great circle of a sphere or spheroid.

4. A curve is parallel to a given curve C if it consists of points that are a fixed distance from C along lines perpendicular to C.

Of two or more displacements or other vectors, having the same direction.