flynn's taxonomy

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flynn's taxonomy - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Flynn's taxonomy
  
     <architecture> A classification of computer architectures
     based on the number of streams of instructions and data:
  
     Single instruction/single data stream (SISD) - a sequential
     computer.
  
     Multiple instruction/single data stream (MISD) - unusual.
  
     Single instruction/multiple data streams (SIMD) - e.g. an
     array processor.
  
     Multiple instruction/multiple data streams (MIMD) - multiple
     autonomous processors simultaneously executing different
     instructions on different data.
  
     [Flynn, M. J., "Some Computer Organizations and Their
     Effectiveness", IEEE Transactions on Computing C-21, No. 9,
     Sep 1972, pp 948-960].
  
     ["A Survey of Parallel Computer Architectures", Duncan, Ralph,
     IEEE Computer, Feb 1990, pp 5-16].
  
     (2003-05-29)