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Computer system having two or more processing units ('''''Multiple Processors''''') each sharing [[main memory]] and peripherals, in order to simultaneously process programs.<Refref>http://www.yourdictionary.com/multiprocessor</Refref><Refref>http://www.thefreedictionary.com/multiprocessor</Refref><Refref>http://www.lexic.us/definition-of/multiprocessor#1</Refref>.

Sometimes the term ''[['''Multiprocessor]]''''' is confused with the term ''[[Multiprocessing]]''.

While ''Multiprocessing'' is a type of ''"processing"'' in which two or more processors work together to ''"process more than one program simultaneously"'', the term ''Multiprocessor'' is referred to the hardware architecture that allows ''multiprocessing'' .<Refref>http://www.yourdictionary.com/multiprocessor</Refref><Refref>http://www.blurtit.com/q307018.html</Refref>.

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