OpenMP

The OpenMP Application Program Interface (API) supports multi-platform shared memory multiprocessing programming for in C/C++ and Fortran on many architectures, including Unix platforms and Windows platforms.

Jointly defined by a group of major computer hardware and software vendors, OpenMP is a portable, scalable model that gives programmers a simple and flexible interface for developing parallel applications for platforms ranging from the desktop to the supercomputer.

Often a so-called hybrid-model parallel programming, using both OpenMP and MPI (Message Passing Interface), is used for programming computer clusters.

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See also: OpenMP, API, Application Program Interface, C Plus Plus, C programming language, Computer cluster, Fortran, Message Passing Interface, Microsoft Windows, Multiprocessing