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mutual exclusion

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(parallel, operating system)mutual exclusion - (Or "mutex", plural: "mutexes") A collection of techniques for sharing resources so that different uses do not conflict and cause unwanted interactions. One of the most commonly used techniques for mutual exclusion is the semaphore.


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Third, building on the first two features discussed above, is that the Indian state is committed to the idea of principled distance rather than the mutual exclusion model of secularism that is characteristic of the Canadian welfare state.
He covers basic and advanced algorithms, data structure capabilities, scalable memory allocation, mutual exclusion, timing, and the task scheduler.
4) Boyarin described in exquisite detail the long process, beginning with Justin's effort, through which each side came eventually to mutual exclusion sometime after the fifth century.
 
 
 
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