"Concurrent computing is a form of computing in which several computations are executing during overlapping time periods \u2013 concurrently \u2013 instead of sequentially (one completing before the next starts). This is a property of a system \u2013 this may be an individual program, a computer, or a network \u2013 and there is a separate execution point or \"thread of control\" for each computation (\"process\")."@en . .