1. A cognitive or computational process where information is handled sequentially, one item at a time, rather than in parallel
Serial processing in the brain requires more time but allows for complex decision-making.
O processamento serial no cérebro exige mais tempo, mas permite a tomada de decisões complexas.
2. In computing, the sequential execution of tasks or data processing operations one after another
The old computer used serial processing, which made it slower than modern parallel systems.
O computador antigo usava processamento serial, o que o tornava mais lento do que os sistemas paralelos modernos.