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spinlocks

spinlocks is the plural of spinlock.

spinlocks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of spinlock.

Meaning of spinlock

Noun

spinlock (plural spinlocks)

  1. A lock which causes a thread trying to acquire it simply to wait in a loop ("spin") while repeatedly checking if the lock is available.

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Questions about spinlocks

What is spinlocks the plural of?
Spinlocks is the plural of spinlock.

Words near spinlocks in the dictionary

  1. spinlessness
  2. spinlike
  3. spinlock
  4. spinlocked
  5. spinlocking
  6. spinlocks
  7. spinmaster
  8. spinmasters
  9. spinmeister
  10. spinmeisters
  11. spinnabilities

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