Parsec (disambiguation)
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In astronomy, a parsec
is a unit of distance.
Parsec may also refer to:
In video games:
In computing:
In music:
In science fiction:
In quantum physics:
Parsec
The parsec is a unit of length used in astronomy. It is about 3.26 light-years, or just under 31 trillion kilometres ....
is a unit of distance.
Parsec may also refer to:
In video games:
- Parsec (video game), a side-scrolling video game for the TI-99/4A computer
- PARSEC47, a scrolling shooter video game
- The name of some levels in the 1984 arcade game GaplusGaplus, far more commonly known as Galaga 3 , is a fixed shooter arcade game that was released by Namco in 1984. It runs on Namco Phozon hardware and was only known as Gaplus in Japan...
In computing:
- Parsec (parser) is a parsing library for the Haskell programming languageHaskell (programming language)Haskell is a standardized, general-purpose purely functional programming language, with non-strict semantics and strong static typing. It is named after logician Haskell Curry. In Haskell, "a function is a first-class citizen" of the programming language. As a functional programming language, the...
- PARSEC C is a CC (programming language)C is a general-purpose computer programming language developed between 1969 and 1973 by Dennis Ritchie at the Bell Telephone Laboratories for use with the Unix operating system....
based parallel simulation language, used in for example GloMoSimGloMoSimGlobal Mobile Information System Simulator is a network protocol simulation software that simulates wireless and wired network systems. GloMoSim is designed using the parallel discrete event simulation capability provided by Parsec, a parallel programming language... - The PARSEC Benchmark SuitePrinceton Application Repository for Shared-Memory ComputersThe Princeton Application Repository for Shared-Memory Computers is a benchmark suite composed of multithreaded emerging workloads that is used to evaluate and develop next-generation chip-multiprocessors. It was collaboratively created by Intel and Princeton University to drive research efforts...
is a selection of multithreaded programs that can be used for performance measurement of shared-memory machines. - ParsecConvex ComputerConvex Computer Corporation was a company that developed, manufactured and marketed vector minisupercomputers and supercomputers for small-to-medium-sized businesses. Their later Exemplar series of parallel computing machines were based on the Hewlett-Packard PA-RISC microprocessors, and in 1995,...
was the original name of Convex Computer CorporationConvex ComputerConvex Computer Corporation was a company that developed, manufactured and marketed vector minisupercomputers and supercomputers for small-to-medium-sized businesses. Their later Exemplar series of parallel computing machines were based on the Hewlett-Packard PA-RISC microprocessors, and in 1995,...
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In music:
- "Parsec", a track by Stereolab featured on their album Dots and LoopsDots and LoopsDots and Loops is the fifth studio album by the band Stereolab, released in September 1997. Jan St. Werner of Mouse on Mars contributes to several tracks...
In science fiction:
- Parsec AwardsParsec AwardsThe Parsec Awards are a set of annual awards created to recognize excellence in science fiction podcasts and podcast novels. The awards were created by Mur Lafferty, Tracy Hickman and Michael R. Mennenga and awarded by FarPoint Media...
, a set of awards for science fiction podcasts presented at Dragon Con
In quantum physics:
- PARSECPARSECPARSEC is a package designed to perform electronic structure calculations of solids and molecules using density functional theory . The acronym stands for Pseudopotential Algorithm for Real-Space Electronic Calculations....
, a computer code used in electronic structure simulations