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Mutex locks

Sid Skywalker answered on January 31, 2023 Popularity 7/10 Helpfulness 5/10

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Mutex locks

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Here's the definition of a Mutex Lock

A mutex (short for "mutual exclusion") lock is a synchronization mechanism that is used to control access to a shared resource in a concurrent or multi-threaded environment. 
It allows only one process or thread to access the resource at a time, ensuring that the resource is not being used by multiple processes or threads simultaneously, which could cause data corruption or other errors. 
Mutex locks can be used to protect shared data structures, shared memory, and other shared resources. 
They are typically implemented in the kernel of an operating system, and are used by the system and by user-space applications to synchronize access to shared resources.

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