OCR H446 ยท Component 02
2.1.5 Thinking concurrently
Separate independent work from dependencies and reason about coordination costs.
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- How can tasks be concurrent on one processor core?Concurrency
- What distinguishes parallel execution from concurrency alone?Compare
- Which can be done concurrently: resizing separate photographs or consuming a result that has not yet been calculated?Apply
- How can concurrency improve responsiveness during a slow file operation?Benefits
- Two bookings read the same final seat as available. What can go wrong?Risks
- Why might adding more workers fail to make a program faster?Trade-offs
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