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Parallel – 2+ processes (or cores)
Concurrent – whatever
Parallel is for increasing throughput
Concurrent is for decreasing latency
Parallel is for non-interactive (performance) (few inputs, deterministic or non-deterministic)
Concurrent is for interactive (experience) (many inputs, non-deterministic)
Parallel – how fast it gets result
Concurrent – how fast it responds
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