Introduction to Parallel Computing and System Performance

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What is the primary goal of parallel computing?
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Which term describes the ability of a parallel system to increase its throughput proportional to the number of processors?
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In parallel computing, what does the term 'speedup' refer to?
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Which law provides a theoretical limit to the speedup of a program using multiple processors?
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What is the main factor that limits the speedup in parallel computing according to Amdahl's Law?
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Which concept measures the fraction of a program that can be parallelized?
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What is 'efficiency' in the context of parallel computing?
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Which type of parallelism involves executing different operations on multiple data points simultaneously?
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What is the primary motivation for analyzing system scalability in parallel computing?
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Which metric indicates how well a parallel system uses its resources to solve a problem within a given time?
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