race condition
race condition noun: a flaw in a system or process whereby the output or result is unexpectedly and critically dependent on the sequence or timing of other events.
Noun
race condition (plural race conditions)
- A flaw in a system or process whereby the output or result is unexpectedly and critically dependent on the sequence or timing of other events.
- A race condition in writing my guest book file meant that the last person to sign wiped out all previous signatures.
- A race condition is usually when multiple processes are accessing data that is shared among them, but the correct outcome depends on the execution order of the processes.2004, W. Richard Stevens, Bill Fenner, Andrew M. Rudoff, UNIX Network Programming: The sockets networking API, Addison-Wesley Professional, →ISBN, page 538
- Synonyms:
- race hazard
race condition meaning in Tamil
race condition in Tamil
- பந்தய நிலை
Synonyms of race condition
Forms of race condition
| plural | race conditions |
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Questions about race condition
- What does race condition mean?
- Race condition means a flaw in a system or process whereby the output or result is unexpectedly and critically dependent on the sequence or timing of other events.
- What is race condition in Tamil?
- Race condition in Tamil is பந்தய நிலை. See Race condition meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is race condition?
- Race condition is a noun.
- What is the plural of race condition?
- The plural of race condition is race conditions.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: race condition (page history and authors); race condition (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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