Young, Dalton, authorSiegel, Howard Jay, authorSpringer Publishing Company, publisher2007-01-032007-01-032010http://hdl.handle.net/10217/34662Prepared for a chapter to be published in the forthcoming Encyclopedia of Parallel Computing by Springer Publishing Company. The Encyclopedia will contain a broad coverage of the field and will include entries on machine organization, programming, algorithms, and applications. The broad coverage, together with extensive pointers to the literature for in-depth study, is expected to make the Encyclopedia a useful reference tool in parallel computing.born digitalchapter titleseng©2010 Springer Publishing Company.Copyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.algorithms and applicationsparallel computingarchitecture and design issuesparallel language and compiling topicsoperating system aspectsText