Nonzero vectors are parallel if one is a nonzero scalar multiple of the other. In real space a positive scalar gives the same direction and a negative scalar the opposite direction. Algebraically, the pair is dependent. Geometric usage often excludes zero because zero has no direction; state the convention.
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