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volatile indicates that the field is used by synchronized threads and that the compiler should not attempt to perform optimizations with it added by: JK, source: Java in a Nutshell, 2001-10-19 11:38:16.0
is a subtopic of Threads
is an instance of keyword
modifies fields

syntactic unit has syntax rule
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2001-10-19 11:38:04.0

volatile	indicates that the field is used by synchronized threads and that the compiler should not attempt to perform optimizations with it
	is a subtopic of Threads
	is an instance of keyword
	modifies fields
syntactic unit	has syntax rule bold = mandatory italic = non-terminal normal font = optional