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data race

data race noun: a problematic situation where one thread could potentially read or write a memory location while another thread is writing to it.

Noun

data race (plural data races)

  1. A problematic situation where one thread could potentially read or write a memory location while another thread is writing to it.

Forms of data race

pluraldata races

Questions about data race

What does data race mean?
Data race means a problematic situation where one thread could potentially read or write a memory location while another thread is writing to it.
What part of speech is data race?
Data race is a noun.
What is the plural of data race?
The plural of data race is data races.

Words near data race in the dictionary

  1. data processing machine
  2. data processing machines
  3. data protection
  4. data protections
  5. data quality
  6. data race
  7. data races
  8. data rate
  9. data rates
  10. data record
  11. data recorder

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