data flow system
data flow system
[′dad·ə ¦flō ‚sis·təm] (computer science)
An alternative to conventional programming languages and architectures which is able to achieve a high degree of parallel computation, in which values rather than value containers are dealt with, and in which all processing is achieved by applying functions to values to produce new values.
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