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A multiprocessor (MP) system is defined as "a system with more than one processor", and, more precisely, "a number of central processing units linked together to enable parallel processing to take place".[1][2][3]
The key objective of a multiprocessor is to boost a system's execution speed. The other objectives are fault tolerance and application matching.[4]
The term "multiprocessor" can be confused with the term "multiprocessing". While multiprocessing is a type of processing in which two or more processors work together to execute multiple programs simultaneously, multiprocessor refers to a hardware architecture that allows multiprocessing.[5]
Multiprocessor systems are classified according to how processor memory access is handled and whether system processors are of a single type or various ones.
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