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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

physical therapy. New brain–computer interfaces (BCIs) may provide future remedies. One effort in 2002 allowed a fully locked-in patient to answer yes-or-no...

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In computer science, the reentrant mutex (recursive mutex, recursive lock) is a particular type of mutual exclusion (mutex) device that may be locked multiple...

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

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

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 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...

The actor model in computer science is a mathematical model of concurrent computation that treats an actor as the basic building block of concurrent computation...

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

In computer science, the sleeping barber problem is a classic inter-process communication and synchronization problem that illustrates the complexities...