Meaning

1 senses
  1. An object in a program that serves as a lock, used to negotiate mutual exclusion among threads.

    Mutex, wechselseitiger Ausschluss

Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
object in a program:

Origin

Syllabic abbreviation of mutually exclusive or mutual exclusion.

Syllabic abbreviation of mutually exclusive or mutual exclusion.

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Forms

plural: mutexes
Singularmutex
Pluralmutexes

regular

Word family

1 related words
Derivedfutex

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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