The phrase "a parallel function" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to mathematics, programming, or any field where functions or processes operate simultaneously or in a similar manner.
Example: "In our analysis, we found that the algorithm performs a parallel function to optimize processing time."
Alternatives: "a concurrent function" or "a simultaneous function".
Irish finance minister Michael Noonan publicly voiced doubts about the EFSF's future, saying the ECB must continue to play a parallel role "until the EFSF firewall has been put in place, whenever that may be" and even then "the ECB must carry out a parallel function until it is quite clear that the new firewall is doing its job".
During the rainy season, however, a parallel function kicked in, and the trench was transformed into a large cistern that filled to capacity and submerged the steps sometimes to the surface of the land.
AtWRKY70 functions as an activator of SA-dependent defence genes and a repressor of JA-regulated genes, and the expression levels of its orthologue, ZmWRKY115, are also apparently increased upon the fungal infection, implying a parallel function in defence response.
Based on the high degree of homology in the conserved sterol transfer domain to rat and human SCP-2, it is supposed that insect SCP-2 has a parallel function to vertebrate SCP-2.
Similarly, the RNAse1 gene of ruminant artiodactyls and colobine monkeys is homologous in that the RNAse1 gene is present in the common ancestor, but the gene was duplicated independently in each group (Fig. 2), and each lineage has subsequently evolved a new, yet parallel, function for this gene, without sharing the same pattern of mutation and amino acid substitution (Zhang 2003).
A different, but loosely parallel function, may be served by the particular pattern of urine marking sometimes used by red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) and termed 'book-keeping' by Henry [ 18].
Here, we design a novel evolutionary computing GPU parallel function evaluation mechanism, in which different parts of time series are evaluated by different processing threads.
Executing parallel function calls imposes a lot of problems since lazy evaluation or other kinds of code optimization destroy the temporal behavior.
Figure 4 shows a graph for a "C C C C N" query done against the PubChem sample: the parallel function identifies the first 5000 results in 3.5 seconds whereas the single process takes 22.5 seconds.
A parallel table function returns a collection and is executed in a two-stage operation.
They are fully customizable and the designer can prototype, simulate, and implement a parallel logic function without the costly process of having a new integrated circuit manufactured from scratch.
