critical section
critical section · critical sections
A piece of code that accesses a shared resource that must not be concurrently accessed…A piece of code that accesses a shared resource that must not be concurrently accessed by more than one thread of execution.
Meaning
1 sensesA piece of code that accesses a shared resource that must not be concurrently accessed by more than one thread of execution.
Translations
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plural: critical sections| Singular | critical section |
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