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diff --git a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst index 69d6523650..28510acd52 100644 --- a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst +++ b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst @@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ Introduction :mod:`multiprocessing` is a package that supports spawning processes using an API similar to the :mod:`threading` module. The :mod:`multiprocessing` package offers both local and remote concurrency, effectively side-stepping the -:term:`Global Interpreter Lock` by using subprocesses instead of threads. Due +:term:`Global Interpreter Lock <global interpreter lock>` by using +subprocesses instead of threads. Due to this, the :mod:`multiprocessing` module allows the programmer to fully leverage multiple processors on a given machine. It runs on both Unix and Windows. |