multiprocessing — Manage Processes Like Threads — PyMOTW 3
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The multiprocessing module includes an API for dividing work up between multiple processes based on the API for threading . In some cases multiprocessing is a drop-in replacement, and can be used instead of threading to take advantage of multiple CPU cores to avoid computational bottlenecks associated with Python’s global interpreter lock.
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