Parallel and Distributed Computing
Parallel and Distributed Computing is a subfield of computer science focused on using multiple computational resources simultaneously to solve complex problems more efficiently. It encompasses parallel computing, where a single task is broken into sub-tasks that run concurrently, often on a single machine with multiple processors, to accelerate execution time. It also includes distributed computing, which connects multiple autonomous computers over a network to work collaboratively on a common goal, thereby enhancing scalability, fault tolerance, and resource sharing. Ultimately, both approaches leverage concurrency to overcome the limitations of sequential processing, enabling the solution of problems that are too large or time-consuming for a single computer.