concurrent
At the same time
Concurrent means happening at the same time or existing together.
Concurrent prison sentences run simultaneously rather than consecutively.
In computing, concurrent processes execute in overlapping time periods, sharing resources.
The word often appears in legal and technical contexts: concurrent jurisdiction means multiple courts have authority over the same matter.
Equidistant at all points
- simultaneousHappening at same time
- contemporaneousExisting at same time
- coexistentExisting at same time
- coincidingOccurring at same time
synchronous · coeval · concomitant · overlapping · side-by-side · tandem · coterminous · alongside
Legal authority's scope
- sentenceComplete thought, grammatically
- termFixed period or word
- servingMeasured food portion
- consecutiveFollowing in unbroken sequence
running · penalty · conviction · custodial · imprisonment · overlapping · multiple · charges
Equidistant at all points
- multithreadingParallel execution paths
- multiprocessingConcurrent execution across CPUs
- asynchronousNot happening together
- threadsTwisted fiber strands
parallelism · distributed · scalability · throughput · deadlock · semaphore · synchronization · execution
Expressing shared agreement
- agreeingSharing the same view
- consonantIn agreement with
- harmoniousPleasingly in accord
- unanimousComplete agreement among all
accordant · aligned · united · consistent · convergent · like-minded · assenting · cooperative
parallel
Equidistant at all points
- simultaneousHappening at same time
- contemporaneousExisting at same time
- coexistentExisting at same time
coinciding · synchronous · coeval · concomitant · overlapping · side-by-side · tandem · coterminous · alongside · coincidental
jurisdiction
Legal authority's scope
consecutive · running · penalty · conviction · custodial · imprisonment · overlapping · multiple · charges · simultaneous
parallel
Equidistant at all points
- multithreadingParallel execution paths
- multiprocessingConcurrent execution across CPUs
- asynchronousNot happening together
threads · parallelism · distributed · scalability · throughput · deadlock · semaphore · synchronization · execution · processes
concurring
Expressing shared agreement
- agreeingSharing the same view
- consonantIn agreement with
- harmoniousPleasingly in accord
unanimous · accordant · aligned · united · consistent · convergent · like-minded · assenting · cooperative · compatible
- time wordsminute, hour, day, now, soon
- VHDLentity, process, signal, component, architecture
- async programmingasync, asynchronous, await, callback, future
- concurrencythreads, deadlock, semaphore, atomic, race condition
- jurisdictionjurisdiction, legal jurisdiction, federal jurisdiction, state jurisdiction, court jurisdiction
- programming paradigmsobject-oriented, functional, procedural, declarative, imperative
concurrentnonsimultaneous
Not at the same time
asynchronous · nonconcurrent · noncontemporary · staggered · nonsynchronous
concurrentconsecutive
Following in unbroken sequence
sequential · serial · successive · one after another · one at a time
concurrentdivergent
Deviating from the norm
disagreeing · conflicting · opposing · discordant · contradictory
- concurrent sentencesOverlapping punishment periods
- concurrent powersPowers held by multiple governments
- concurrency controlManaging simultaneous data access