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Semaphore

Semaphore

Dec 28 2011

Semaphore. An object allowing not more than n threads to enter the given code section. The definition is offered by E. Deixtra. There are several types of semaphores: count semaphore, binary semaphore (a subtype of the count semaphore) and competitive access semaphore or mutex.

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