Refers to the hardware that comprises a given parallel system - having many processors

Observed speedup of a code which has been parallelized, defined as: wall-clock time of serial execution and wall-clock time of parallel execution

The amount of time required to coordi- nate parallel tasks. It includes factors such as: Task start-up time, Synchro- nizations, Data communications.

Parallel Overhead is

1.	Parallel Overhead is
A.	Observed speedup of a code which has been parallelized, defined as: wall-clock time of serial execution and wall-clock time of parallel execution
B.	The amount of time required to coordi- nate parallel tasks. It includes factors such as: Task start-up time, Synchro- nizations, Data communications.
C.	Refers to the hardware that comprises a given parallel system - having many processors
D.	None of these
Answer» C. Refers to the hardware that comprises a given parallel system - having many processors

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