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thread-safe

thread-safe is the alternative form of threadsafe.

Meaning of threadsafe

Adjective

threadsafe (not comparable)

  1. That can be safely accessed from multiple threads.
    • Only a few collection classes are threadsafe. As we'll see later, being threadsafe does not necessarily mean that you can safely use them in every multithreaded program.2004, Scott Oaks, Henry Wong, Java threads

Questions about thread-safe

What is thread-safe the alternative form of?
Thread-safe is the alternative form of threadsafe.

Words near thread-safe in the dictionary

  1. thread-like
  2. thread-locking fluid
  3. thread-locking fluids
  4. thread-paper
  5. thread-papers
  6. thread-safe
  7. threadability
  8. threadable
  9. threadbare
  10. threadbareness
  11. threadbarer

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