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atomic operationSee atomic. atomic operation [ə′täm·ik ‚äp·ə′rā·shən] (computer science) An operation that cannot be broken up into smaller parts that could be performed by different processors. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Fire and forget is an atomic operation that replaces the conventional read-modify-write sequence, and allows the processor element to access and update as many as four counters on every clock cycle. |
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