Parallel communication a time. If both channels operated at the same clock speed, the parallel channel would be eight times faster. A parallel channel may have additional conductors for other signals, such as a clock signal to pace the flow of data, a signal to control the direction of data flow, and handshaking signals. Parallel communication is and always has been widely used within integrated circuits, in peripheral buses, and in memory devices such as RAM. Computer system buses, on the other hand, have evolved over time: parallel communication was commonly used in earlier system buses, whereas serial communications are prevalent in
Parallel and counter parallel Parallel and counter parallel In music, a parallel chord (relative chord, German: "Parallelklang") is an auxiliary chord derived from one of the primary triads and sharing its function: subdominant parallel, dominant parallel, and tonic parallel. The term is derived from German theory and the writings of Hugo Riemann (see: Riemannian theory). For example, the major and and minor and . The parallel chord (but "not" the counter parallel chord) of a major chord will always be the minor chord whose root is a minor third "down" from the major chord's root, inversely the parallel chord of a minor chord will