ABA problem

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In multithreaded computing, a case in which a program erroneously considers the equality of a variable at two times to mean it has never changed in between.

Word forms

ABA problem

Etymology

ABA represents the change in value of a memory location from A to B and back to A.

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