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serial alg 1 serial alg 2 parallel alg 3
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serial alg 1 serial alg 1 | | parallel alg 3 parallel alg 3
expressed in expressed in ... ... expressed in expressed in
parallel serial serial parallel
proglang 1 proglang 2 proglang 3 proglang 4
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virtual actual serial alg 1 ser.alg 1 ser.alg 1 parallel parallel
machine: computer in serial in serial in serial alg 3 in alg 3 in
theoretical w/ serial proglang 2 proglang 2 proglang 2 proglang 4 proglang 4
model of proglang 2 compiled compiled compiled compiled compiled
computation as its into serial into into into into
for serial machine mach.lang 1 serial parallel serial parallel
proglang 2 lang mach.lang 2 mach.lang 3 mach.lang 5 mach.lang 6
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