serial processing

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

serial processing
    n 1: sequential processing by two or more processing units

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

sequential processing
serial processing

   <architecture> (Or "serial processing") Running a single
   {task} to completion on a single {processor}, in contrast to
   {parallel processing} or {multitasking}.

   (1995-04-23)