concurrency

noun con·cur·ren·cy \ kən-ˈkər-ən(t)-sē , -ˈkə-rən(t)- , kän- \

Updated on: 25 Mar 2018

Definition of concurrency

: concurrence

Examples of concurrency in a Sentence

the concurrency of several life-threatening emergencies made for a busy night at the trauma center
there is general concurrency that the rule concerning the writing of thank-you notes still pertains

Recent Examples of concurrency from the Web

The very low availability rate of early F-35s calls into question the wisdom of the concurrency scheme to begin with.

— kyle mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "Barely Half of the F-35 Fleet Is Flight-Ready," 5 Mar. 2018
The root of this predicament is a procurement model known as concurrency.

— kyle mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "Nearly 200 of America's F-35s May Remain Indefinitely Unfit for Combat (Updated)," 18 Oct. 2017
What is for certain, however, is that the concurrency model has been a persistent, decade-long headache for everyone involved.

— kyle mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "Nearly 200 of America's F-35s May Remain Indefinitely Unfit for Combat (Updated)," 18 Oct. 2017
During hooking, one may experience concurrency issues.

— dan goodin, Ars Technica, "Code chunk in Kronos malware used long before MalwareTech published it," 18 Aug. 2017
But L.D. Britt, a past president of the ACS and chairman of surgery at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, says that efficiency has little to do with concurrency.

— sandra g. boodman, Kaiser Health News, "Double-Booked: When Surgeons Operate On Two Patients At Once," 12 July 2017
But L.D. Britt, a past president of the ACS and chairman of surgery at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, says that efficiency has little to do with concurrency.

— sandra g. boodman, Kaiser Health News, "Double-Booked: When Surgeons Operate On Two Patients At Once," 12 July 2017
But L.D. Britt, a past president of the ACS and chairman of surgery at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, says that efficiency has little to do with concurrency.

— sandra g. boodman, chicagotribune.com, "Is your surgeon double-booked?," 10 July 2017
But L.D. Britt, a past president of the ACS and chairman of surgery at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, says that efficiency has little to do with concurrency.

— sandra g. boodman, Washington Post, "Is your surgeon double-booked?," 10 July 2017

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