Concurrency
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Concurrency, concurrent, or concurrence may refer to:
- ConcurrenceConcurrenceIn Western jurisprudence, concurrence is the apparent need to prove the simultaneous occurrence of both actus reus and mens rea , to constitute a crime; except in crimes of strict liability...
, a legal term referring to the need to prove both actus reus and mens rea - Concurring opinionConcurring opinionIn law, a concurring opinion is a written opinion by one or more judges of a court which agrees with the decision made by the majority of the court, but states different reasons as the basis for his or her decision...
(also called a "concurrence"), a legal opinion which supports the conclusion, though not always the reasoning, of the majority. - Concurrency (computer science)Concurrency (computer science)In computer science, concurrency is a property of systems in which several computations are executing simultaneously, and potentially interacting with each other...
, a property of systems in which several processes are executing at the same time - Concurrency (road)Concurrency (road)A concurrency, overlap, or coincidence in a road network is an instance of one physical road bearing two or more different highway, motorway, or other route numbers...
, an instance of one physical road bearing two or more different route numbers - Concurrent DOS, Digital Research's multiuser multitasking operating system, with "Concurrent" once being their registered trademark
- Concurrent estateConcurrent estateA concurrent estate or co-tenancy is a concept in property law which describes the various ways in which property is owned by more than one person at a time. If more than one person own the same property, they are referred to as co-owners, co-tenants or joint tenants...
, a concept in property law - Concurrent computingConcurrent computingConcurrent computing is a form of computing in which programs are designed as collections of interacting computational processes that may be executed in parallel...
, the simultaneous execution of multiple interacting computational tasks - Concurrent linesConcurrent linesIn geometry, two or more lines are said to be concurrent if they intersect at a single point.In a triangle, four basic types of sets of concurrent lines are altitudes, angle bisectors, medians, and perpendicular bisectors:...
, a mathematical term for multiple lines or curves intersecting at a single point - Concurrent enrolmentConcurrent enrolmentConcurrent enrolment or concurrent enrollment is a program through which students earn college credit for courses taken during high school. Students enroll at a university or college to attain high school and/or college credit for these courses. More broadly, it can refer to a student taking...
, the process in which high school students enroll at a university or college usually to attain college credit - Concurrent resolutionConcurrent resolutionA concurrent resolution is a resolution adopted by both houses of a bicameral legislature that lacks the force of law and does not require the approval of the chief executive.-United States Congress:...
, a legislative measure passed by both the United States SenateUnited States SenateThe United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
and the United States House of RepresentativesUnited States House of RepresentativesThe United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution... - Concurrent Computer CorporationConcurrent Computer CorporationConcurrent Computer Corporation is a developer and provider of Video on demand systems to Multiple Service Organizations. Concurrent's On-Demand technology is based on off-the-shelf hardware and customized open-source software including RedHawk Linux, a customized version of Red Hat Enterprise...
, a computer company originally known as Interdata - Concurrent Design FacilityConcurrent Design FacilityThe Concurrent Design Facility is the European Space Agency main assessment center for future space missions and industrial review. Located at ESTEC, ESA's technical center in Noordwijk in The Netherlands, it has been operational since early 2000....
, an assessment center of the European Space AgencyEuropean Space AgencyThe European Space Agency , established in 1975, is an intergovernmental organisation dedicated to the exploration of space, currently with 18 member states...
using concurrent engineeringConcurrent engineeringConcurrent engineering is a work methodology based on the parallelization of tasks . It refers to an approach used in product development in which functions of design engineering, manufacturing engineering and other functions are integrated to reduce the elapsed time required to bring a new product...
methods - Concurrence (quantum computing), a measure of quantum entanglementQuantum entanglementQuantum entanglement occurs when electrons, molecules even as large as "buckyballs", photons, etc., interact physically and then become separated; the type of interaction is such that each resulting member of a pair is properly described by the same quantum mechanical description , which is...
used in quantum informationQuantum informationIn quantum mechanics, quantum information is physical information that is held in the "state" of a quantum system. The most popular unit of quantum information is the qubit, a two-level quantum system...
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