A race condition or race hazard is a type of flaw in an electronic or software system where the output is dependent on the sequence or timing of other uncontrollable events. The term originates with the idea of two signals racing each other to influence the output first.
Race conditions can occur in electronics systems, especially logic circuits, and in computer software, especially multithreaded or distributed programs.
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