In computer science, a lock or mutex (from mutual exclusion) is a synchronization primitive that prevents state from being modified or accessed by multiple...

In computer science, an algorithm is called non-blocking if failure or suspension of any thread cannot cause failure or suspension of another thread; for...

Look up lock or locks in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lock(s) or Locked may refer to: Lock and key, a mechanical device used to secure items of importance...

In computer science, a readers–writer (single-writer lock, a multi-reader lock, a push lock, or an MRSW lock) is a synchronization primitive that solves...

Look up locking in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Locking may refer to: Locking (computer science) Locking, Somerset, a village and civil parish in the...

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In computer science, multiple granularity locking (MGL) is a locking method used in database management systems (DBMS) and relational databases. In multiple...

In computer science, read-copy-update (RCU) is a synchronization mechanism that avoids the use of lock primitives while multiple threads concurrently...

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In computer science, synchronization is the task of coordinating multiple processes to join up or handshake at a certain point, in order to reach an agreement...

In computer science, a ticket lock is a synchronization mechanism, or locking algorithm, that is a type of spinlock that uses "tickets" to control which...

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This glossary of computer science is a list of definitions of terms and concepts used in computer science, its sub-disciplines, and related fields, including...

In Computer Science, in the field of databases, non-lock concurrency control is a concurrency control method used in relational databases without using...

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called MSR-type algorithms which have been used widely in fields from computer science to control theory. Bitcoin uses proof of work, a difficulty adjustment...

In information technology and computer science, especially in the fields of computer programming, operating systems, multiprocessors, and databases, concurrency...

*barrier){ if(!pthread_mutex_lock(&(barrier->lock))){ barrier->total_thread += 1; pthread_mutex_unlock(&(barrier->lock)); } while (barrier->total_thread...

Parallel computing Lock (computer science) Global interpreter lock Robert N M Watson (2007-11-25). "Before & After Under The Giant Lock". FreeBSD-Hackers@...

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In computer science, a lease is a contract that gives its holder specified rights to some resource for a limited period. Because it is time-limited, a...

In computer science, the reentrant mutex (also known as a recursive mutex or recursive lock) is a synchronization primitive that may be locked multiple...

Commonwealth University-Lock Haven (LHU) is a public university in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Pennsylvania State System...

In computer programming, a reference is a value that enables a program to indirectly access a particular datum, such as a variable's value or a record...

An anti-lock braking system (ABS) is a safety anti-skid braking system used on aircraft and on land vehicles, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, and buses...

potential bandwidth. Google uses the Paxos algorithm in their Chubby distributed lock service in order to keep replicas consistent in case of failure. Chubby is...

others followed up on this work. Design patterns gained popularity in computer science after the book Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented...

A kernel is a computer program at the core of a computer's operating system that always has complete control over everything in the system. The kernel...

computer architecture, mainly in the form of multi-core processors. In computer science, parallelism and concurrency are two different things: a parallel program...