Using Pool and Map

from multiprocessing import Pool

def cube(x):
    return x ** 3

if __name__ == "__main__":
    pool = Pool(5)
    result = pool.map(cube, [0, 1, 2, 3])

Pool is a class which manages multiple Workers (processes) behind the scenes and lets you, the programmer, use.

Pool(5) creates a new Pool with 5 processes, and pool.map works just like map but it uses multiple processes (the amount defined when creating the pool).

Similar results can be achieved using map_async, apply and apply_async which can be found in the documentation.