[1] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

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         a kind of parallel processor where the
        parallel processors have no i/o except via a bus or other
        connection to a front-end processor which handles all i/o to
        disks, terminals and network.
     
        in some antiquated ibm mainframes, a second cpu was
        provided that could not access i/o devices, known as the slave
        or attached processor, while the cpu having access to all
        devices was known as the master processor.
     
        1995-03-19
     
     
see also:
parallel processor front-end processor terminals ibm mainframe 

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