When a computing process is hung up on one process before it can continue towards the full range; all other processes are waiting for a single process to finish.
Nah, bro. I can't go to the park, and/or play soccer, and/or have myself a bronie party, till I finish cleaning my room. It's a 'Thermopylae processing (Computing)' structure. And those fine ladies dislike the low throughput...
by Old man Biff May 29, 2020