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How-To: 4 Essential Parts of Multiprocessing in Python

Effective Python

Joseph Robinson, Ph.D.
Towards Data Science
14 min readSep 22, 2022

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Figure 1. Process, Lock, Queue, and Pool are vital to understanding the Multiprocessing Python Package. After finishing the blog, understanding those above will enable coders to leverage parallel processing in their source code and understand the usage when used in others' code.

After many requests, some planning, and getting the time to deliver a practical summary — I am pleased to share a guide that will allow you to start using parallel processing in your Python code!

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