The computer is a parallel processing machine, in which complex problems are broken down into component parts and solved simultaneously by separate processors.
I/O was carried out by a conceptually separate processor called a channel.
Depending on context, programs may run on a single processor or on multiple separate processors.
Complex problems are broken into more manageable tasks and then run simultaneously on separate processors.
Channel architecture avoids this problem by using a separate, independent, low-cost processor.
This processor contains two cores in one rather than have two separate processors.
And the slicer and shredder attachment struck me as less convenient than using a separate processor.
This separate processor is the main input and user interface for the Model II.
The matter is complicated by a new generation of computers that have dozens, or even thousands, of separate processors.
We still have a separate processor set up for them.