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mu·tu·al ex·clu·sion
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Mutual exclusion
In computer science, mutual exclusion refers to the requirement of ensuring that no two concurrent processes are in their critical section at the same time; it is a basic requirement in concurrency control, to prevent race conditions. Here, a critical section refers to a period when the process accesses a shared resource, such as shared memory. The requirement of mutual exclusion was first identified and solved by Edsger W. Dijkstra in his seminal 1965 paper titled Solution of a problem in concurrent programming control, and is credited as the first topic in the study of concurrent algorithms. A simple example of why mutual exclusion is important in practice can be visualized using a singly linked list. In such a linked list, the removal of a node is done by changing the “next” pointer of the preceding node to point to the subsequent node.
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Read the full text of the Mutual Exclusion poem by Kurt Philip Behm on the Poetry.com website.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of mutual exclusion in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of mutual exclusion in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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