A Method That Speeds Query Processing by Running a Query

question 21

Multiple Choice

A method that speeds query processing by running a query at the same time against several partitions of a table using multiprocessors is called:

• A) multiple partition queries.
• B) perpendicular query processing.
• C) parallel query processing.
• D) query optimization.

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