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Computer interface
In computing, a parallel port is a type of interface found on early computers (personal and otherwise) for connecting peripherals. The name refers to
Parallel_port
Standard for parallel peripheral interfaces, known as the Centronics port
IEEE 1284, also known as the Centronics port, is a standard that defines bi-directional parallel communications between computers and other devices, with
IEEE_1284
PIC microcontroller interface
A parallel slave port (PSP) is an interface found on some PIC microcontrollers. It allows 8-bit asynchronous bidirectional data transfer between the PIC
Parallel_slave_port
Method of data transmission in which bits are conveyed in parallel
connection. Complexity: Parallel data links are easily implemented in hardware, making them a logical choice. Creating a parallel port in a computer system
Parallel_communication
List of models of Sony's PlayStation
SCPH-750x models, except the parallel port was removed and the size of the PCB is further reduced. The removal of the parallel port is partially due to the
PlayStation_models
Communication interface transmitting information sequentially
bit at a time. This is in contrast to a parallel port, which communicates multiple bits simultaneously in parallel. Throughout most of the history of personal
Serial_port
Removable cartridge disk storage system
SCSI ID limited to ID 5 and 6). Parallel port external Zip drives are actually SCSI drives with an integrated Parallel-to-SCSI controller, meaning a true
Zip_drive
IBM PC compatible home computer system
memory for the computer; they omitted the RS-232 port because all Tandy printers use the parallel port and, they believed, most customers would use internal
Tandy_1000
American electronics products business
MSM adds another option, a high-speed parallel port interface that supplements the programmer's serial port. In conjunction with a Windows-based PC
Data_I/O
Amateur radio VoIP technology
at parallel port) 5 Aux pin 2 (active high at parallel port) 6 Aux pin 3 (active high at parallel port) 10 DTMF 4 11 COS (active low at parallel port on
Internet Radio Linking Project
Internet_Radio_Linking_Project
External digital-to-analog audio converter
external digital-to-analog converter (DAC) that plugs into the parallel printer port of a PC. It converts 8-bit digital sound using a simple R-2R resistor
Covox_Speech_Thing
GameCube accessory
games to be played on a television. It connects via the high speed parallel port at the bottom of the GameCube and requires use of a boot disc to access
Game_Boy_Player
different types of cables, for example: Serial: RS-232, EIA-422 Parallel FireWire USB Parallel port printers have been slowly phased out, and are now difficult
Printer_cable
Serial interface for testing integrated circuits
years don't have a parallel port. Driver support is also a problem because pin usage by adapters varies widely. Since the parallel port is based on 5 V logic
JTAG
Device that optically scans images, printed text
slow to fast: Parallel port – Connecting through a parallel port is the slowest common transfer method. Early scanners had parallel port connections that
Image_scanner
Development and backup device made for the Nintendo 64
the data from a game cartridge and transfer the data to a PC via the parallel port. This allowed developers and homebrew programmers to upload their game
Doctor_V64
Notebook computer
on four standard AA cell batteries. There was an RS-232 serial port, a parallel port for connecting a printer, and a PC card socket, by means of which
Amstrad_NC100
Personal computer by Commodore
including two DE-9 ports for joysticks, mice, and light pens, a standard 25-pin RS-232 serial port and a 25-pin Centronics parallel port. As a result, at
Amiga_3000
Small piece of computer hardware
copying of certain forms of software. Initially using ports such as the serial port or parallel port, most are now in USB format. In the mid-to-late 2010s
Dongle
1992 personal computer
including two DE9M ports for joysticks, mice, and light pens, a standard 25-pin RS-232 serial port and a 25-pin Centronics parallel port. As a result, the
Amiga_1200
Hardware signal sent to a processor to interrupt a running program and handle input
with serial port 4, if present) IRQ 4 – serial port controller for serial port 1 (shared with serial port 3, if present) IRQ 5 – parallel port 3 or ISA sound
Interrupt_request
The Parallel Line Internet Protocol (PLIP) is a computer networking protocol for direct computer-to-computer communications using the parallel port, normally
Parallel Line Internet Protocol
Parallel_Line_Internet_Protocol
8-bit microprocessor
6502, and are opcode compatible, including undocumented opcodes. The parallel port was provided by using several formerly unused pins, eliminating some
MOS_Technology_6510
Early portable microcomputer
character display memory Parallel printer port configurable as an IEEE-488 port RS-232 compatible 1200 or 300 baud serial port for use with external modems
Osborne_1
Topics referred to by the same term
dictionary. LPT signifies the line printer, and is the designation of a parallel port interface on some personal computer systems. LPT may refer to: Listed
LPT_(disambiguation)
File transfer software
PCs, in an era before local area networks, using the parallel port and a LapLink cable or serial port and a null modem cable or USB and a USB ad hoc network
Laplink
Device for backing up ROM information from a video game cartridge
model MS-3201. Included an external 3.5" floppy drive and integrated parallel port. File format is *.SMC; for multi-disk images, *.SMC followed by *.001
Game_backup_device
Personal computer by Commodore
floppy disk drives via a DB23F connector A standard RS-232 serial port (DB25M) A parallel port (DB25F) Power inlet (+5 V, ±12 V) Amiga video connector: Analogue
Amiga_500
Standard for computer data connections
replacing various interfaces such as serial ports, parallel ports, game ports, and Apple Desktop Bus (ADB) ports. Early versions of USB became commonplace
USB
1981 American microcomputer model
Graphics Sound Mouse support Expanded memory Joystick port Additional serial or parallel ports Networking Connection to proprietary industrial or scientific
IBM_Personal_Computer
DOS file sharing utility
and files between two interconnected computers using the serial port or parallel port. This utility first appeared on Digital Research's DR-DOS 5.0 in
Interlnk
Expansion card standard for laptop computers
(SCPH-3000x onwards). Before the introduction of the PCMCIA card, the parallel port was commonly used for portable peripherals. The PCMCIA 1.0 card standard
PC_Card
1985–1998 series of personal computers
including parallel and serial ports were produced for this interface. Some of the later models include a built-in parallel port; these could be bundled with
Amstrad_PCW
First generation of Sun Microsystems computers
displays. The 16-bit parallel port was a special-purpose port for connecting 8-bit parallel port keyboard and 8-bit parallel port optical mouse for workstations
Sun-1
Series of British microcomputers by Acorn
interfaces were catered for with standard analogue inputs, a serial and parallel port, and a cassette interface that followed the CUTS (Computer Users Tape
BBC_Micro
Type of electrical connector
computers first used DB-25 connectors for their serial and parallel ports, when the PC serial port began to use 9-pin connectors, they were often mislabeled
D-subminiature
15-pin video connector
VGA connectors, but newer digital interfaces such as DVI, HDMI, and DisplayPort (sometimes via USB or Thunderbolt) have largely displaced VGA, and modern
VGA_connector
Storage medium from Imation
normal floppy drive.[citation needed] SuperDisk drives have been sold in parallel port, USB, ATAPI and SCSI variants. Imation also released a version of the
SuperDisk
Type of electrical connector
connector because of its introduction by Centronics for use with the parallel port of printers, and is standardized as IEEE 1284 type B. Other connectors
Micro_ribbon_connector
Line of home computers from Atari Corporation
Professional features a sound sampler using the ST cartridge port to read in parallel from the cartridge port from the ADC. For output of digital sound, it uses
Atari_ST
Monochrome laser printer range
printers may be connected to a computer using either the serial port, parallel port or Ethernet ( for the network capable "N" series ). The LaserJet
HP_LaserJet_4000_series
Home computer introduced in 1992
mice, and light pens, a standard 25-pin RS-232 serial port and a 25-pin Centronics parallel port. As a result, the A600 is compatible with many peripherals
Amiga_600
Professional computer backup device
including the Jaz Traveller interface that connected it to a standard parallel port, and, later, a SCSI-USB adapter and SCSI-Firewire adapter. An ATA version
Jaz_drive
1986 PC-compatible microcomputer
usual Hercules mono display. Motherboard includes RS232c serial and parallel port Loudspeaker with volume control (PC speaker, not sound card) Battery-backed
Amstrad_PC1512
Personal computer by Apple Inc.
interface included a detached keyboard, a 'thin button' mouse, with a parallel port for Apple ProFile external hard drive(s), and three (3) expansion slots
Apple_Lisa
1992 personal computer
including two DE-9 ports for joysticks, mice, and light pens, a standard 25-pin RS-232 serial port and a 25-pin Centronics parallel port. As a result, at
Amiga_4000
Audio tracker for DOS
output via Covox's Speech Thing (a digital-to-analog converter using the parallel port) or a Sound Blaster 1.x card. The first popular version of Scream Tracker
Scream_Tracker
Games console
S-Video connector User port Original C64 casing and PS2 keyboard Additional hardware Data transfer cable (Parallel port (or USB/serial port via DTV2ser) to Joystick
C64_Direct-to-TV
1987 laptop computer by Sharp Electronics
79 kg). All entries in the PC-4500 line come with one parallel port and one external floppy port for use with an optional external 5.25-inch floppy disk
Sharp_PC-4500
Set of circuits of interest to radio amateurs
Deluxe PLRI interface, and is used to connect a radio to a PC using a parallel port and sound card. This circuit is fully compatible with the Version 3
Parallel Logic Radio Interface
Parallel_Logic_Radio_Interface
Computer networking technology
Early repeaters had only two ports, allowing, at most, a doubling of network size. Once repeaters with more than two ports became available, it was possible
Ethernet
Portable consumer MP3 digital audio player
playback time. Connection to a personal computer is through the computer's parallel port, with a proprietary connector on the Rio's edge. The Rio retailed for
Rio_PMP300
Removable floppy disk storage system
interface, but external drives can also be converted for use with a parallel port interface using a special adapter. Cartridges for both the original
Bernoulli_Box
Sound generation IC
same name. The AY-3-8912 is the same chip in a 28-pin package, with parallel port B simply not connected to any pins. Smaller packages save cost and board
General_Instrument_AY-3-8910
Feature of Microsoft Windows
another computer, via a connection using either the serial port, parallel port or the infrared port of each computer. It is well-suited for computers that
Direct_cable_connection
Topics referred to by the same term
caterpillar-like creature in the Mario series of games Wiggler (JTAG), a parallel port JTAG tool from the Macraigor Systems LLC Wiggler (synchrotron), an insertion
Wiggler
Computer serial port
9-pin COM port PCI card with two 9-pin COM ports ISA card with one 25-pin COM port Device file Parallel port "Configuring a communication port". IBM Lotus
COM_(hardware_interface)
Series of personal computer
by gold pin connectors, it is an "I/O board" containing serial and parallel port, ISA slots and all I/O chips. Some tracks from ISA slots are factory
Commodore IBM PC compatible systems
Commodore_IBM_PC_compatible_systems
Topics referred to by the same term
Parallel card could mean: An insert card mostly identical to another card in the same trading card series Parallel port expansion card in a computer This
Parallel_card
Computer diagnostic interface card
(for laptops), Universal Serial Bus, or Low Pin Count bus, or for a parallel port. A typical card for desktop computers has a different bus interface
POST_card
Electronic software copy protection device
the USB interface, which became the preferred choice over the serial or parallel interface.[citation needed] A 1992 advertisement for Rainbow Technologies
Software_protection_dongle
Antiquated computer port
computing, a legacy port is a computer port or connector that is considered by some to be fully or partially superseded. The replacement ports usually provide
Legacy_port
1980s Unix desktop computer
(300 mm) monitor Internal 300/1200 bit/s modem RS-232 serial port Centronics parallel port 3 S4BUS expansion slots 3 phone jacks The initial PC 7300 model
AT&T_UNIX_PC
Embedded system programming technique
support this port. Parallel port programming is very fast. Serial port (COM port) - At one time the most popular method. Serial ports usually lack adequate
In-system_programming
Desktop computer by Canon
The array of I/O interfaces encompasses one Centronics parallel port, one RS-232C serial port (DB-25), and two RJ11 telephone jacks for the modem loop
Canon_Cat
The Parallel Bus Interface, or PBI, is a 50-pin port found on some XL models of the Atari 8-bit computers. It provides unbuffered, direct connection to
Parallel_Bus_Interface
Computer bus system
these were a 10BASE2 Ethernet controller, a SCSI-SNS host adapter, a parallel port, and an 8-channel serial controller. The specification was published
SBus
Data transfer channel connecting parts of a computer
Serial Bus (USB) for connecting external devices. Modern buses utilize both parallel and serial communication, employing advanced encoding methods to maximize
Bus_(computing)
Type of computer disk storage drive
complexity the Host computer system itself. External drives using SCSI, Parallel port, USB and FireWire interfaces exist, most modern drives being USB. Some
Optical_disc_drive
printer plug C64 serial bus to parallel port adapter that evolved for transferring data between disk drives and parallel port supplied computers. Because
Commodore 64 disk and tape emulation
Commodore_64_disk_and_tape_emulation
Feature of computer systems
controller WDMA for hard disk controller (replaced by UDMA modes), parallel port (ECP capable port), or certain SoundBlaster Clones like the OPTi 928 8237 DMA
Direct_memory_access
Arcade system board
10/100 BASE-TX, NESYS-compatible controller I/O ports: 4 USB ports (1.1 & 2.0 compatible), 1 parallel port, 2 PS/2 Audio inputs: Microphone (stereo pin-jack)
Taito_Type_X
Late 1990s portable solid state digital audio player
format by an encoder provided by the user, and then transferred via the parallel port to the docking station that connected to the portable player device
MPMan
Oscilloscope software application
ability to save/load waveforms to disk. PicoScope is compatible with parallel port oscilloscopes and the newer USB oscilloscopes. The software has been
PicoScope_(software)
Laptop computer made in 1987
CGA-compatible LCD. Unlike the Convertible, it includes a standard serial port and parallel port, connectors for an external monitor, and a real-time clock. Unusual
Toshiba_T1000
Home video game console
system also contained several ports to its rear. In order from left to right: 9-pin male serial port, 25-pin parallel port for connection to a printer,
TeraDrive
Series of specifications and Microsoft Windows features
commonly attached via ISA at the time of development, including RS-232 and parallel port devices. As a Windows feature, Plug and Play refers to operating system
Legacy_Plug_and_Play
Interface to device driver that appears in filesystem
channel hdd: the secondary device on the second ATA channel parport, pp: parallel ports mem: physical memory kmem: kernel virtual memory nbd: Network block
Device_file
British electronics company
floppy drive) PcW10 (same as PcW9256 but with 512 KB RAM and a built-in parallel port) PcW16 (Z80, 16 MHz, single 1.44 MB 3.5" floppy drive, new machine not
Amstrad
Series of networkable home computers
characters) Keyboard Speaker Tape input/output Video out Serial port User parallel port Power connector The original coreboards consisted of: Either 32KB
MicroBee
Process of device status sampling
low-level hardware. For example, when a printer is connected via a parallel port, the computer waits until the printer has received the next character
Polling_(computer_science)
Printer manufactured by C. Itoh
was succeeded by the ImageWriter in 1984. The Apple DMP is the last parallel port printer sold under the Apple label; all subsequent Apple printers (ImageWriter
Apple_Dot_Matrix_Printer
Tower unit personal computer
Keyboard (5 pin DIN) 2 × Mouse/Gamepad ports (DE9) RS-232 serial port (DB-25M) Centronics style parallel port (DB-25F) Fast SCSI-2 (D-High density DB-50F)
Amiga_4000T
Informal measure of rate of computer data operations
transfer Hard disk drive performance characteristics § Data transfer rate Parallel port Symbol rate (baud) "Mega transfer". Encyclopedia of Information Technology
Transfers_per_second
English television presenter, producer, narrator and actor
Centronics in Burgess Hill, known mostly for the industry-standard 36-pin parallel port micro ribbon connector. He attended Ditchling primary school. He played
Jamie_Theakston
Method of CPU communication with peripheral devices
including legacy serial ports, legacy parallel ports when not in ECP mode, keyboard and mouse PS/2 ports, legacy MIDI and joystick ports, the interval timer
Programmed_input–output
High capacity floppy disk system
introduce HiFD drives. The first drives to reach the public were external parallel port models priced at $199. An internal ATA version was later offered, with
Sony_HiFD
switching to the 14-pin Amphenol DDK connector vaguely resembling a parallel port. DCB was quickly replaced by MIDI in the early 1980s which Roland helped
Digital_Control_Bus
Home computer by Texas Instruments
a total of four RS-232 ports and two parallel printer ports. The computer supports two cassette drives through a dedicated port, using a custom data format
TI-99/4A
Software system
to lend itself to specific types of external interfaces---PCI, PCIE, Parallel port (in SPP or EPP mode), ISA, and Ethernet have been used for motor control
LinuxCNC
Family of microcontrollers
an RS-232 port, a socket for a 32 KB SRAM and numerous general I/O. The chip can be programmed with a dongle connected to the parallel port. The Atmel
AVR_microcontrollers
Class of I/O controller integrated circuits
controller An IEEE 1284-compatible parallel port (commonly used for printers) One or more 16C550-compatible serial port UART's Keyboard controller for PS/2
Super_I/O
Topics referred to by the same term
Printer port is the parallel port of a computer, used by printers. The term may also refer to: Port 631, the network port used by remote printers. Macintosh
Printer_port_(disambiguation)
NEC personal computer line
RAM (expandable to 32 KB), CRT video output, cassette port, parallel port for a printer, serial port and an expansion bus. The built-in BASIC interpreter
PC-8000_series
Series of hardware design requirements and recommendations
the system, this logic must be terminated such that software writes to I/O port 92, bit 1, do not result in A20M# being asserted to the processor." Perhaps
PC_System_Design_Guide
Topics referred to by the same term
Input port may refer to: Input device, a generic term for any device that provides input to a system Parallel port, a computer hardware interface Serial
Input_port
American technology company
for the Speech Thing, a digital-to-analog converter that plugs into a parallel port of the IBM Personal Computer. Covox was originally based in Southern
Covox
Tools for amateur radio sport
Most contest logging software packages support the use of a parallel port or serial port interface that connects to the keying input on amateur radio
Contesting_technology
IBM PC-compatible palm computer by Atari
files to and from the unit using the Smart Parallel Port expansion module (HPC-101), a standard parallel cable, and the (DOS based) File Transfer software
Atari_Portfolio
ZX Spectrum clone developed in Moscow in 1991 by MicroArt and ATM
chips in upgraded models), 8-bit DAC, 8-bit 8-channel ADC, RS-232, parallel port, Beta Disk Interface, IDE interface, AT/XT keyboard, text mode (80x25
ATM_(computer)
PARALLEL PORT
PARALLEL PORT
Surname or Lastname
Italian (Sicily and Calabria) and Portuguese
Italian (Sicily and Calabria) and Portuguese : topographic name from faro ‘beacon’, ‘lighthouse’ (Greek pharos), or a habitational name from any of several places named with this word. Compare Alfaro and Haro.English : variant of Farrow.
Biblical
parables; governing
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
All's Well That Ends Well.' A follower of Bertram, Count of Rousillon.
Surname or Lastname
Portuguese
Portuguese : occupational name from soeiro ‘swineherd’, Latin suerius.English : patronymic from a nickname for someone with reddish hair, from Anglo-Norman French sor ‘chestnut (color)’.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : occupational name for the gatekeeper of a walled town or city, or the doorkeeper of a great house, castle, or monastery, from Middle English porter ‘doorkeeper’, ‘gatekeeper’ (Old French portier). The office often came with accommodation, lands, and other privileges for the bearer, and in some cases was hereditary, especially in the case of a royal castle. As an American surname, this has absorbed cognates and equivalents in other European languages, for example German Pförtner (see Fortner) and North German Poertner.English : occupational name for a man who carried loads for a living, especially one who used his own muscle power rather than a beast of burden or a wheeled vehicle. This sense is from Old French porteo(u)r (Late Latin portator, from portare ‘to carry or convey’).Dutch : occupational name from Middle Dutch portere ‘doorkeeper’. Compare 1.Dutch : status name for a freeman (burgher) of a seaport, Middle Dutch portere, modern Dutch poorter.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : adoption of the English or Dutch name in place of some Ashkenazic name of similar sound or meaning.
Biblical
a parable; governing
Surname or Lastname
English (West Midlands)
English (West Midlands) : elaborated form of Port.Dutch : from poort ‘gate’ + man ‘man’, an occupational name for a gatekeeper or a topographic name for someone who lived near the gates of a walled town (typically the man in charge of them). Compare Porter.American spelling of German Portmann.
Girl/Female
Muslim
Example, Allegory, Parable
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Porteous.
Surname or Lastname
English (Gloucestershire)
English (Gloucestershire) : possibly a habitational name from Porlock in Somerset, recorded in Domesday Book as Portloc, being named with Old English port ‘harbor’ + loca ‘enclosure’.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Example; Allegory; Parable
Surname or Lastname
Portuguese
Portuguese : patronymic from the personal name Martim, vernacular form of Latin Martinus (see Martin).English and Dutch : patronymic from the personal name Martin.
Surname or Lastname
English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, etc.
English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, etc. : from the Latin personal name Lucas (Greek Loukas) ‘man from Lucania’. Lucania is a region of southern Italy thought to have been named in ancient times with a word meaning ‘bright’ or ‘shining’. Compare Lucio. The Christian name owed its enormous popularity throughout Europe in the Middle Ages to St. Luke the Evangelist, hence the development of this surname and many vernacular derivatives in most of the languages of Europe. Compare Luke. This is also found as an Americanized form of Greek Loukas.Scottish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Lùcais (see McLucas).As a French name Lucas has been recorded in Canada since 1653, taken to Trois Rivières, Quebec, by one Lucas-Lépine from Normandy.
Surname or Lastname
Portuguese and Galician
Portuguese and Galician : variant of Marta.Italian : probably from medieval Greek Martios ‘March’ or the Calabrian dialect word marti ‘Tuesday’, in either case probably denoting someone with some particular association with the month or the day.English : variant spelling of Mart 1.German : from a short form of Martin.
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, and Jewish
English, Scottish, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, and Jewish : from the Hebrew personal name Gavriel ‘God has given me strength’. This was borne by an archangel in the Bible (Daniel 8:16 and 9:21), who in the New Testament announced the impending birth of Jesus to the Virgin Mary (Luke 1:26–38). It has been a comparatively popular personal name in all parts of Europe, among both Christians and Jews, during the Middle Ages and since. Compare Michael and Raphael.
Surname or Lastname
Spanish, Portuguese, French (José)
Spanish, Portuguese, French (José) : from the personal name José, equivalent to Joseph.English : variant of Joyce.
Surname or Lastname
English, French, and Portuguese
English, French, and Portuguese : from the female personal name Isabel (see Isbell).Isabel and Isabelle are documented as family names in Trois Rivières, Quebec, in 1648. Other families, from Normandy, France, are documented in Sainte-Famille, Quebec, in 1669.
Surname or Lastname
English, Spanish, and Portuguese
English, Spanish, and Portuguese : nickname for a loyal or trustworthy person, from Old French leial, Spanish and Portuguese leal ‘loyal’, ‘faithful (to obligations)’, Latin legalis, from lex, ‘law’, ‘obligation’ (genitive legis).
Girl/Female
Biblical
Parables, governing.
Girl/Female
Biblical
A parable, governing.
PARALLEL PORT
PARALLEL PORT
Girl/Female
Norse
Mother of Bishop of Bjorn.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Pankhuri | பநà¯à®•à¯à®°à¯€
Petals of flowers
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Victory of God
Girl/Female
Polish Czechoslovakian
A flower name.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Name of a Raga
Boy/Male
Indian
Helper of God, One who helps, Assister, Friend, One who scatters, Exposer, Announcer, Protector, Supporter
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Newly Born
Male
Finnish
Finnish form of Latin Eduardus, EETU means "guardian of prosperity."
Boy/Male
Hebrew Biblical
Secret; faithful; roaring stream.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Fine Rain
PARALLEL PORT
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v. t.
To produce or adduce as a parallel.
v. t.
To place or set so as to be parallel; to place so as to be parallel to, or to conform in direction with, something else.
a.
Continuing a resemblance through many particulars; applicable in all essential parts; like; similar; as, a parallel case; a parallel passage.
v. t.
To render parallel.
v. i.
To be parallel; to correspond; to be like.
adv.
In a parallel manner; with parallelism.
n.
One of the imaginary circles on the surface of the earth, parallel to the equator, marking the latitude; also, the corresponding line on a globe or map.
v. t.
To equal; to match; to correspond to.
n.
A comparison; a similitude; specifically, a short fictitious narrative of something which might really occur in life or nature, by means of which a moral is drawn; as, the parables of Christ.
n.
A line which, throughout its whole extent, is equidistant from another line; a parallel line, a parallel plane, etc.
v. t.
To represent by parable.
a.
Having opposite surfaces exactly plane and parallel, as a piece of glass.
v. t.
Fig.: To make to conform to something else in character, motive, aim, or the like.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Parallel
imp. & p. p.
of Parallel
n.
One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the fortress.
a.
Meeting and intersecting, as lines; not parallel; -- opposed to parallel.
n.
A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity; as, Johnson's parallel between Dryden and Pope.
a.
Extended in the same direction, and in all parts equally distant; as, parallel lines; parallel planes.
n.
A character consisting of two parallel vertical lines (thus, ) used in the text to direct attention to a similarly marked note in the margin or at the foot of a page.