You've got to love computer scientists: "Hey, there's this word 'concurrent', which means to happen at the same time, what should it mean in our field?" "How

You've got to love computer scientists: "Hey, there's this word 'concurrent', which means to happen at the same time, what should it mean in our field?" "How about, 'happening in independent processes'?" "Great! There's this other word, 'parallel', that means coexist alongside but be structurally independent. What should that mean?" "How about, 'happening at the same time'?" "Fantastic! OK, let's go to the pub." Hard to believe that people get confused.