Parallel Computing
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What is Parallel Computing?
Parallel computing splits a computational task across multiple processor cores at once, rather than running everything sequentially, cutting the total time for tasks that can be broken into independent pieces. R provides tools like the parallel package's parLapply() for distributing work across a cluster of R processes. Not every task benefits from this, since the overhead of splitting work and combining results can outweigh the benefit for small or fast tasks.
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Parallel Computing: common questions
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Is this Parallel Computing tutorial for beginners?
It is lesson 128 of 129 in the free R Programming roadmap, in stage 23, Big Data Tools. If you are new to R Programming, start from stage 1 and come back here in order; if you already know the earlier stages, this lesson stands on its own.