Object Oriented Software Engineering   View all facts   Glossary   Help

synonym > race condition

race condition (critical race)
subject			fact

race condition	can be prevented by using various mechanisms, such as semaphores, that allow data items to be locked so that they cannot be accessed by other threads when they are not ready
	has example one thread unexpectedly changes data that is being used by another thread, resulting in incorrect results
	has example two processes or threads normally work together to achieve some outcome; however if one is sped up or slowed down then the outcome is incorrect
	is a synonym of critical race