noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb
lining up; arranging in a row; standing side by side
General use for physical or abstract arrangement in a line or parallel. Can be used as a noun or with する to mean 'to line up' or 'to arrange in parallel'.
机を並列に並べて会議室を作った。
We arranged the desks in a row to make a meeting room.
選
The athletes entered standing in a line.
noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
parallel (electrical, computing)
Technical term in electronics and computing for parallel circuits or parallel processing. Often contrasted with 直列 (series).
See also: 並列回路 (へいれつかいろ) · 直列 (ちょくれつ)
この回路は並列に接続されている。
This circuit is connected in parallel.
並列処理で計算速度が向上した。
The calculation speed improved with parallel processing.