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Parallel rendering

Parallel rendering is when a group of computers work together to create a picture really quickly.

Imagine you had to color in a really big picture with lots of tiny details. It would take you a long time to finish if you did it all by yourself. But what if you had some friends helping you? Each one of you could color in a section of the picture at the same time, and it would get done much faster. That's kind of like what happens with parallel rendering.

Instead of one computer doing all the work by itself, many computers work together to create the final picture. Each computer takes a small part of the image and colors it in really fast. All the small parts get put together to make the whole picture. This happens so fast that it looks like the full picture was created immediately, even though it was put together by many different computers working together.

Parallel rendering is really useful for things like video game graphics, movies, and other visual effects where the images are really complex and detailed. It makes these things look better and run faster so you can enjoy them more.
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