Chapter 6 Flashcards
1
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Mutual exclusion
A
Make sure that only one process is working on a shared resource.
2
Q
Centralised technique
A
A single coordinator controls whether a process can enter a critical region.
3
Q
Distributed techniques
A
The group confers to determine whether or not it’s safe for a process to enter critical region
4
Q
Atomic operation
A
Either all the collection complete or none.
5
Q
Transaction
A
Advanced database concept, it protects a shared data
