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threadsafe

threadsafe adjective: that can be safely accessed from multiple threads.

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
    • SessionFactory objects are threadsafe, so it is not necessary to obtain one for each thread.2006, Dave Minter, Jeff Linwood, Beginning Hibernate: From Novice to Professional

Forms of threadsafe

alternative formthread-safe

Origin of threadsafe

From thread + safe.

Questions about threadsafe

What does threadsafe mean?
Threadsafe means that can be safely accessed from multiple threads.
What part of speech is threadsafe?
Threadsafe is an adjective.

Words near threadsafe in the dictionary

  1. threadpapers
  2. threads
  3. threads of life
  4. threads of thought
  5. threads the needle
  6. threadsafe
  7. threadsnake
  8. threadsnakes
  9. threadtail
  10. threadtails
  11. threadwork

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