They are well suited to sequential and parallel tasks.

它们非常适合于顺序执行或者并发执行的任务。

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Parallel Tasks - Used when one needs to apply different operations, each with its own data input.

并行任务(Parallel Tasks)——在需要执行每个都具有自己数据输入的不同操作的时候使用。

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The MAX DEGREE option on DSNTIP4 determines the maximum degree of parallelism (maximum number of parallel tasks).

DSNTIP4 上的 MAX DEGREE 选项决定了最大并行度（并行任务的最大数量）。

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Scala programs apportion parallel computing tasks among everything from the different computing cores on a single chip, to the different servers in a data center, to different data centers.

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They can be more ornate than you'd expect, however: for a start, you can run multiple app-specific tasks in parallel, such as telling Chrome to search YouTube, IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes the moment you type in a movie keyword.

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Weinberger tackled those problems by designing his chip from scratch, finding ways to split out parts of laborious signal-processing tasks and handle them in parallel.

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