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CSP

(definition)

Definition: C. A. R. Hoare's algebraic theory to formalize the notion of concurrent computation. An acronym for Communicating Sequential Processes.

See also CCS.

Author: SKS


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Sandeep Kumar Shukla, "CSP", in Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures [online], Paul E. Black, ed. 17 December 2004. (accessed TODAY) Available from: https://www.nist.gov/dads/HTML/csp.html