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synchronization
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synchronizationhas definition A mechanism to guarantee that only one thread can access an object at a timesource: Object Oriented Software Engineering by Lethbridge and Laganière, 2001-10-19 11:38:03.0
has purpose to avoid problems that can arise when two threads can both modify the same object at the same time    source: Object Oriented Software Engineering by Lethbridge and Laganière, 2001-10-19 11:38:03.0
is a subtopic of Threads2001-10-19 11:38:03.0
is a kind of mechanism    source: Object Oriented Software Engineering by Lethbridge and Laganière, 2001-10-19 11:38:03.0
see also synchronized2001-10-19 11:38:03.0