up:: [[paradigme de programmation]] #informatique > [!definition] programmation concurrente > Lorsque plusieurs "fils d'exécution", plusieurs [[processus]], plusieurs ^definition > [!cite] Définition wikipedia (en) > **Concurrent computing** is a form of [computing](https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Computing "Computing") in which several [computations](https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Computation "Computation") are executed _[concurrently](https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Concurrency_(computer_science) "Concurrency (computer science)")_—during overlapping time periods—instead of _sequentially—_with one completing before the next starts.