English Explanatory Dictionary

futex

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A mechanism for basic locking, based on an atomic integer in userspace that may be operated upon from multiple processes or threads.

Word forms

futex futexes

Etymology

Contraction of fast + userspace + mutex; see mutex.

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