Concurrency vs Parallelism From Stackoverflow

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Concurrency is when two tasks can start, run, and complete in overlapping time periods. It doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll ever both be running at the same instant. Eg. multitasking on a single-core machine.
并发指的是两个任务可以在交错的期间内开始，运行，完成。并不一定意味着连个任务在同一个瞬间同时运行。例如单核机器上的多任务。

Parallelism is when tasks literally run at the same time, eg. on a multicore processor.
并行指的是多个任务按照字面意思同时运行。例如多核处理器上执行任务。

Quoting Sun’s Multithreaded Programming Guide:
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Concurrency: A condition that exists when at least two threads are making progress. A more generalized form of parallelism that can include time-slicing as a form of virtual parallelism.
并发：在如下条件下存在：至少两个线程在进行。更通用的并行模式中包含并发，把并发理解为带有时间间隔的虚拟并行。

Parallelism: A condition that arises when at least two threads are executing simultaneously.
并行：在这样的条件下出现：至少两个线程正在同时执行。

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另一个比较形象的解释：
Rob usually talks about Go and usually addresses the question of Concurrency vs Parallelism in a visual and intuitive explanation! Here is a short summary:

Task: Let’s burn a pile of obsolete language manuals! One at a time!
任务：烧掉一堆古老的语言参考手册。顺序执行：

Concurrency: There are many concurrently decompositions of the task! One example:
并发：任务分解，并发执行：

Parallelism: The previous configuration occurs in parallel if there are at least 2 gophers working at the same time or not.
至少要两只土拔鼠同时工作才能算的得上是并行。

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Confusion exists because dictionary meanings of both these words are almost the same:
因为字典中把并发和并行解释的意思基本是相同的，所以有疑惑很正常。

Concurrent: existing, happening, or done at the same time(dictionary.com)
Parallel: very similar and often happening at the same time(merriam webster).
Yet the way they are used in computer science and programming are quite different. Here is my interpretation:
但是它们在CS中使用时有很大区别。这里是我的解释：
Concurrency: Interruptability
并发：可中断。
Parallelism: Independentability
并行：无相互依赖关系。
篇幅有限，更多解释可以看原文，链接在最上面。