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mutex
- /ˈmjuːtɛks/ UK
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Syllabic abbreviation of mutually exclusive or mutual exclusion.
noun mutexes
- An object in a program that serves as a lock, used to negotiate mutual exclusion among threads. The ability to set a maximum waiting time provides another reason why in some circumstances, you might prefer to use a mutex rather than a lock statement.
verb mutexes · mutexing · mutexed
- To apply a mutex to. Or you can have a single pipe that is mutexed so each thread can only write to the pipe exclusively. Alternatively, you can have each thread put the finished fd in a globally mutexed list.
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noun object in a program
| Français | mutex, exclusion mutuelle |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Mutex, wechselseitiger Ausschluss |
Talk about this word "mutex." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mutex. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. mutex. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mutex "mutex." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mutex.
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@misc{mutex_2026,
title = {mutex},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mutex},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
