array processor

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
array processor
vector processor

   <processor> (Or "vector processor") A {computer}, or extension
   to its {arithmetic unit}, that is capable of performing
   simultaneous computations on elements of an {array} or table
   of data in some number of dimensions.

   The {IBM AltiVec} (the "Velocity Engine" used in the {Apple
   G4} computers) is a vector processor.

   Common uses for array processors include analysis of fluid
   dynamics and rotation of {3d} objects, as well as data
   retrieval, in which elements of a {database} are scanned
   simultaneously.  Array processors are very rare now (1998).

   Array presentation
   (http://cs.njit.edu/leon/105/c5/index.htm).

   (2003-09-11)