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stale read

stale read noun: a read operation that fetches an incorrect value from a source that has not synchronised an update operation to the value.

Noun

stale read (plural stale reads)

  1. (distributed computing) A read operation that fetches an incorrect value from a source that has not synchronised an update operation to the value.

Forms of stale read

pluralstale reads

Questions about stale read

What does stale read mean?
Stale read means a read operation that fetches an incorrect value from a source that has not synchronised an update operation to the value.
What part of speech is stale read?
Stale read is a noun.
What is the plural of stale read?
The plural of stale read is stale reads.

Words near stale read in the dictionary

  1. stalders
  2. stalding
  3. staldings
  4. stale
  5. stale drunk
  6. stale read
  7. stale reads
  8. staled
  9. stalefish
  10. stalefishes
  11. stalely

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