Being side-by-side or matching in direction or state; also used for things occurring simultaneously. In technical contexts often refers to parallel processing or connections.
この二本の線は完全にパラレルだ。
These two lines are perfectly parallel.
パラレル処理により、大量データの解析が速くなった。
Parallel processing made the analysis of large datasets faster.
彼らの意見はパラレルに進行していたが、最終的には合意に達した。
Their opinions progressed in parallel, but they eventually reached an agreement.
この回路はパラレルに接続されているので、どれか一つが壊れても他は動く。
This circuit is connected in parallel, so if one fails the others still work.