Lock (computer Science)

Lock (computer Science)

In computer science, a lock is a synchronization mechanism for enforcing limits on access to a resource in an environment where there are many threads of execution. A lock is designed to enforce a mutual exclusion concurrency control policy.

Read more about Lock (computer Science):  Types, Granularity, Database Locks, The Problems With Locks, Language Support

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