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antideadlock

antideadlock adjective: preventing deadlock.

Adjective

antideadlock (not comparable)

  1. Preventing deadlock.
    • By the way, this antideadlock behavior of the synchronized keyword is not necessarily a good thing. When a thread encounters a runtime exception while it is holding a lock, there's the possibility—indeed, the expectation—that it will leave the data it was manipulating in an inconsistent state.2004, Scott Oaks, Henry Wong, Java Threads
    • The judge gave them antideadlock instructions, reminding them of the reasonable doubt standard that the State must satisfy and encouraging them to try to arrive at a verdict.2011, Brandon Garrett, Convicting the Innocent, page 174

Origin of antideadlock

From anti- + deadlock.

Questions about antideadlock

What does antideadlock mean?
Antideadlock means preventing deadlock.
What part of speech is antideadlock?
Antideadlock is an adjective.

Words near antideadlock in the dictionary

  1. antidarkening
  2. antidarwinian
  3. antidata
  4. antidating
  5. antidazzle
  6. antideadlock
  7. antideath
  8. antidebate
  9. antidebt
  10. antidebugger
  11. antideconstructionist

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