Seqlock
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Seqlock is a noun meaning (computing) A locking mechanism for supporting fast writes of shared variables between two parallel operating system routines, incrementing a counter at each stage to verify consistency.
Meaning
(computing) A locking mechanism for supporting fast writes of shared variables between two parallel operating system routines, incrementing a counter at each stage to verify consistency.
Word Forms
- seqlocks
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include oplock, locking, latch, lock, mutex, livelock.
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