[W/K] :: array processor

  array 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://www.cs.njit.edu/leon/105/c5/index.htm).
       
          (2003-09-11)