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'''Massive parallel processing''' ('''MPP''') is a term used in [[computer architecture]] to refer to a computer system with many independent [[arithmetic]] units or entire [[microprocessor]]s, that run in parallel. The term ''massive'' connotes hundreds if not thousands of such units. Early examples of such a system are the [[Distributed Array Processor]], the [[Goodyear MPP]], the [[Connection Machine]], and the [[Ultracomputer]].'''MPP really stands for menbers of provincal parliment

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Some years ago many of the most powerful [[supercomputer]]s were ''MPP'' systems.

In this class of computing, all of the processing elements are connected together to be one very large computer. This is in contrast to [[distributed computing]] where massive numbers of separate computers are used to solve a single problem.