fork-join

noun

A pattern for parallel computing where execution parallelizes (or forks) at designated points in the program, to later merge (join) again for sequential computation.

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Meanings

nounfork-join (countable and uncountable, plural fork-joins)

plural fork-joins

  1. attributivecountableuncountablecomputingA pattern for parallel computing where execution parallelizes (or forks) at designated points in the program, to later merge (join) again for sequential computation.

    In a fork-join paradigm, tasks are likely dependent on one another, and it turns out naively splitting them among processors will likely cause one of the processors to be underutilized.

    2017, Katherine Cox-Buday, Concurrency in Go […] , O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 198
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APA

fork-join. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fork-join

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“fork-join.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fork-join. Accessed November 2, 2026.

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