character printer character-at-a-time printer serial printer | a printer that prints a single character at a time |
parallel bars bars | gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden rods supported on uprights |
parallel circuit shunt circuit | a closed circuit in which the current divides into two or more paths before recombining to complete the circuit |
parallel interface parallel port | an interface between a computer and a printer where the computer sends multiple bits of information to the printer simultaneously |
serial port | an interface (commonly used for modems and mice and some printers) that transmits data a bit at a time |
uneven parallel bars uneven bars | a pair of parallel bars set at different heights, used in women's gymnastics |
analogue analog parallel | something having the property of being analogous to something else |
Euclid's fifth axiom parallel axiom | only one line can be drawn through a point parallel to another line |
series serial serial publication | a periodical that appears at scheduled times |
serial series | a serialized set of programs, a comedy series, the Masterworks concert series |
Parallel Lives | a collection of biographies of famous pairs of Greeks and Romans written by Plutarch, used by Shakespeare in writing some of his plays |
serialism serial music | th century music that uses a definite order of notes as a thematic basis for a musical composition |
latitude line of latitude parallel of latitude parallel | an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator |
serial killer serial murderer | someone who murders more than three victims one at a time in a relatively short interval |
parallel-veined leaf | a leaf whose veins run in parallel from the stem |
multiprocessing parallel processing | simultaneous processing by two or more processing units |
parallel operation simultaneous operation | the simultaneous execution of two or more operations |
serial operation sequential operation consecutive operation | the sequential execution of operations one after another |
serial processing | sequential processing by two or more processing units |
parallel | (mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes), parallels never meet |
serial monogamy | a succession of short monogamous relationships (as by someone who undergoes multiple divorces) |
parallel collimate | make or place parallel to something, They paralleled the ditch to the highway |
parallel-park | park directly behind another vehicle |
parallel | be parallel to, Their roles are paralleled by ours |
twin duplicate parallel | duplicate or match, The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse |
consecutive sequent sequential serial successive | in regular succession without gaps, serial concerts |
parallel | being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting, parallel lines never converge, concentric circles are parallel, dancers in two parallel rows |
parallel | of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations, parallel processing |
serial in series(p) nonparallel | of or relating to the sequential performance of multiple operations, serial processing |
serial | pertaining to or occurring in or producing a series, serial monogamy, serial killing, a serial killer, serial publication |
serial | pertaining to or composed in serial technique, serial music |