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Anticiparallelism

Anticiparallelism (Anticipatory Parallelism) is a term coined by Bob Metcalfe in 1998. It is a technique of using idle machine cycles to perform useful computing tasks in the background. Such tasks must be readily interrupted for intervals when the computer needs to return to its primary task. An example

of such a task is transmitting e-mail. Anticiparalleism is also known as speculative execution, continual computation or optimistic execution.

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References

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{{cite journal | title=Tired of waiting for your computer to do its job? Say hello to anticiparallelism | journal=InfoWorld | date=August 10, 1998 | volume=20 | issue=32 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jFIEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA111 | accessdate=2011-02-14 }}

{{cite web | first=Gary | last=Anthes | date=January 7, 2002 | title=Anticiparallelism |url=http://www.computerworld.com/article/2586128/networking/anticiparallelism.html | work=ComputerWorld | publisher=International Data Group Inc }}

{{cite book | page=178 | year=2005 | title=The Internet: a historical encyclopedia | volume=1 |editor=Hilary W. Poole |editor2=Laura Lambert |editor3=Chris Woodford |editor4=Christos J. P. Moschovitis | publisher=ABC-CLIO | isbn=1-85109-659-0 }}

{{cite journal | page=333 | title=Managing information | volume=17 | journal=ASLIB | publisher=Association for Information Management }}

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Further reading

  • {{cite journal | first=Bob | last=Metcalfe | date=September 14, 1998 | title=Get into the mind flip and do the time warp with anticiparallelism | journal=InfoWorld | volume=20 | issue=37 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vFEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA111 | accessdate=2011-02-14 }}

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