'''Parallel LINQ''' ('''PLINQ''') is a concurrent query execution engine for [[Language Integrated Query|LINQ]], parallelizing the execution of queries on objects (LINQ to Objects) and XML data (LINQ to XML). PLINQ is intended for exposing [[data parallelism]] by use of queries.<ref name="channel9"/> Any computation on objects that has been implemented as queries can be parallelized by PLINQ. However, the objects need to imp<code>IParallelEnumerable</code> interface, which is defined by PLINQ itself. Internally it uses [[#Task Parallel Library|TPL]] for execution.<ref name="somajune">{{cite web | url = http://blogs.msdn.com/somasegar/archive/2008/06/02/june-2008-ctp-parallel-extensions-to-the-net-fx.aspx | title = June 2008 CTP - Parallel Extensions to the .NET FX | accessdate = 2008-08-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://blogs.msdn.com/pfxteam/archive/2008/06/05/8576194.aspx | title = More powerful aggregations in PLINQ | accessdate = 2008-08-06}}</ref>
