thundering herd
The undesirable situation where a large number of processes waiting for an event are…The undesirable situation where a large number of processes waiting for an event are awoken whenever the event occurs, and then engage in a conflict over which process handles the event.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)The undesirable situation where a large number of processes waiting for an event are awoken whenever the event occurs, and then engage in a conflict over which process handles the event.
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable