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Concurrent
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- 1 Happening at the same time; simultaneous.
"concurrent echo"
- 2 Belonging to the same period; contemporary.
- 3 Acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act or opinion; contributing to the same event or effect.
"I join with these laws the personal presence of the king's son, as a concurrent cause of this reformation."
- 4 Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of similar questions; operating on the same objects.
"the concurrent jurisdiction of courts"
- 5 Meeting in one point.
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- 6 Running alongside one another on parallel courses; moving together in space.
- 7 Designed to run independently, rather than sequentially, using various mechanisms, such as threads, event loops or time-slicing.
"Informally, a concurrent program is one that does more than one thing at a time. […] However, this simultaneity is sometimes an illusion."
- 1 occurring or operating at the same time wordnet
- 1 One who, or that which, concurs; a joint or contributory cause.
"To all affairs of importance there are three necessary concurrents […] time, industry, and faculties."
- 2 One pursuing the same course, or seeking the same objects; hence, a rival; an opponent.
"Menander […] had no concurrent in his time that came neere vnto him"
- 3 One of the supernumerary days of the year over fifty-two complete weeks; so called because they concur with the solar cycle, the course of which they follow.
- 4 One who accompanies a sheriff's officer as witness.
Etymology
From Middle English concurrent, from Old French concurrent, from Latin concurrēns, present active participle of concurrō (“happen at the same time”), from con- (“with”) + currō (“run”).
From Middle English concurrent, from Old French concurrent, from Latin concurrēns, present active participle of concurrō (“happen at the same time”), from con- (“with”) + currō (“run”).
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