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mutual exclusion (mutex) COMPUT

wechselseitiger Ausschluss m

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Originally, this problem was conceived as being one of mutual exclusion on a single computer. en.wikipedia.org

In some forms of mutual exclusion only one event can ever occur, whether collectively exhaustive or not. en.wikipedia.org

The techniques of mutual exclusion are used to prevent this concurrent use. en.wikipedia.org

Mutual exclusion will still be guaranteed as neither process can become critical before setting their flag (implying at least one process will enter the while loop). en.wikipedia.org

The two techniques are complementary and comparison between the two can provide useful structural information such as in the case of the rule of mutual exclusion for centrosymmetric molecules. en.wikipedia.org

But in some cases, their mutual exclusion is not fully sustained. en.wikipedia.org

In some forms of mutual exclusion only one event can ever occur. en.wikipedia.org

Note that without this mutual exclusion, in the present example, two threads could cause money to be lost or gained for no reason. en.wikipedia.org

Therefore, most modern mutual exclusion methods attempt to reduce latency and busy-waits by using queuing and context switches. en.wikipedia.org

Mutual exclusion between an infecting phage and a carried phage. en.wikipedia.org

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