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membar

membar noun: a memory barrier (an instruction that enforces an ordering constraint on memory operations issued before and after it).

Noun

membar (plural membars)

  1. (systems programming) A memory barrier (an instruction that enforces an ordering constraint on memory operations issued before and after it).
    • The crucial thing to remember about memory visibility is that the perceived *sequence* of two operations is not guaranteed to be the same as seen from two different threads unless membars are used to guarantee it.2003 September 25, Mike Mowbray, “Threads and initialization only once”, in comp.programming.threads (Usenet)

Forms of membar

pluralmembars

Origin of membar

Abbreviation of memory barrier.

Questions about membar

What does membar mean?
Membar means a memory barrier (an instruction that enforces an ordering constraint on memory operations issued before and after it).
What part of speech is membar?
Membar is a noun.
What is the plural of membar?
The plural of membar is membars.

Words near membar in the dictionary

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  2. memawed
  3. memawing
  4. memaws
  5. memba
  6. membar
  7. membars
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  9. member bank
  10. member class
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