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serial processing

 

Definitions from WordNet

Noun serial processing has 1 sense
  1. serial processing - sequential processing by two or more processing units
    --1 is a kind of
    data processing

Definitions from the Web

Serial Processing

Serial processing refers to the sequential execution of tasks or the handling of data in a consecutive manner, one at a time. It involves working with a single process or thread at a given moment, completing it before moving on to the next one.

Senses

Sense 1: Computing

In the field of computing, serial processing represents the execution of instructions or operations in a particular order, one after the other. It is a linear form of processing that does not involve parallelism.

Example Sentence: In serial processing, the computer processes each instruction step by step.

Sense 2: Psychology

In psychology, serial processing refers to the cognitive process of mentally interpreting and responding to information presented in a sequential manner.

Example Sentence: Serial processing of visual stimuli occurs when we read words from left to right.

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