INTRODUCTION TO COMPILER DESIGN
TYPES OF COMPILERS
Question
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Serial processing is ____
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instructions which are done one after the other to complete a task
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instructions which are run concurrently to complete a task
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Always possible
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Not always possible
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Also called intermittent processing; sequential processing. Compare parallel processing. See also single-channel model.
Detailed explanation-2: -A serial processor is a processor type used by systems where the central processing unit (CPU) carries out just one machine-level operation at a time. The term is often used in contrast to a parallel processor, which features more than one CPU to perform parallel processing.
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