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membars

membars is the plural of membar.

Meaning of membar

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)

Questions about membars

What is membars the plural of?
Membars is the plural of membar.

Words near membars in the dictionary

  1. memawed
  2. memawing
  3. memaws
  4. memba
  5. membar
  6. membars
  7. member
  8. member bank
  9. member class
  10. member classes
  11. member countries

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