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mutex

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  MuTeX 
 
    An  extension  of  {TeX}  for  typesetting  music. 
 
  {(ftp://nic.stolaf.edu/pub/mutex/MuTeX.tar.Z)} 
 
  (1995-02-06) 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  mutex 
 
    A  {mutual  exclusion}  object  that  allows  multiple 
  {threads}  to  synchronize  access  to  shared  resources.  A  mutex 
  has  two  states:  locked  and  unlocked.  Once  a  mutex  has  been 
  locked  by  a  thread,  other  threads  attempting  to  lock  it  will 
  block.  When  the  locking  thread  unlocks  (releases)  the  mutex, 
  one  of  the  blocked  threads  will  acquire  (lock)  it  and  proceed. 
 
  [Which  blocked  thread  proceeds?] 
 
  (1997-05-13)