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* ''weak scaling'' - maximizing work performed per unit time
* ''weak scaling'' - maximizing work performed per unit time
* ''strong scaling'' - minimizing time-to-solution
* ''strong scaling'' - minimizing time-to-solution
* ''lock-free'' - guaranteed system-wide progress
* ''wait-free'' - guaranteed per-thread progress
==Measures of parallel algorithms==
==Measures of parallel algorithms==
* Cost: proccount * exectime
* Cost: proccount * exectime