sekventielt

Sekventielt is a Norwegian adverb meaning in sequence or in a fixed order, with actions or events occurring one after another rather than simultaneously. The related adjective sekventiell describes something designed or arranged to operate in sequence. In everyday use, sekventielt characterizes procedures, workflows, or processes that proceed step by step.

The term is derived from the concept of a sequence, with roots in the Latin sequens and variants in French and English through the word sequential. In Norwegian, the form sekventiell and the adverb sekventielt are used to emphasize ordered progression, often in contrast to parallel or concurrent arrangements.

In computing and information technology, sekventielt describes execution that follows a single, linear path. A sekventiell algorithm or program runs steps one at a time, without overlapping tasks. Data handling may be performed sekventielt by reading inputs in a defined order, such as processing records sekventielt from a file. User interfaces and workflows are described as sekventielle when they guide a user through a fixed sequence of steps, like a setup wizard.

Compared with parallel or concurrent processing, sekventielt emphasizes predictability and simplicity, at the cost of potential performance on multi-core or distributed systems. It is often appropriate for tasks with strict order constraints, shared-state challenges, or limited resources where sequential execution minimizes synchronization complexity.

See also: parallel processing, concurrent execution, sequential vs parallel design.