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mutexes

mutexes is the plural of mutex.

mutexes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mutex.

Meaning of mutex

Noun

mutex (plural mutexes)

  1. An object in a program that serves as a lock, used to negotiate mutual exclusion among threads.
    • The ability to set a maximum waiting time provides another reason why in some circumstances, you might prefer to use a mutex rather than a lock statement.2004, Mark Schmidt, Simon Robinson, Microsoft Visual C# .NET 2003, Sams Publishing, →ISBN, page 632

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Questions about mutexes

What is mutexes the plural of?
Mutexes is the plural of mutex.

Words near mutexes in the dictionary

  1. mutetrahedra
  2. mutetrahedron
  3. mutetrahedrons
  4. mutex
  5. mutexed
  6. mutexes
  7. mutexing
  8. Muth
  9. Muth-labben
  10. mutha
  11. mutha fucka

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