Meanings
plural race conditions
- businessA flaw in a system or process whereby the output or result is unexpectedly and critically dependent on the sequence or timing of other events.
A race condition in writing my guest book file meant that the last person to sign wiped out all previous signatures.
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A race condition is usually when multiple processes are accessing data that is shared among them, but the correct outcome depends on the execution order of the processes.
2004, W. Richard Stevens, Bill Fenner, Andrew M. Rudoff, UNIX Network Programming: The sockets networking API, Addison-Wesley Professional, →ISBN, page 538Synonyms: race hazard
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA flaw in a system or process whereby the output or result is unexpectedly and critically dependent on the sequence or timing of other events.
Translations
Catalan condició de carrera, situació de competició
- condició de carreraTranslations
- situació de competicióTranslations
Finnish kilpatilanne, kilpailutilanne
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- kilpailutilanneTranslations
French situation de compétition
- situation de compétitionTranslations
German Wettlaufsituation, Race Condition
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Italian situazione di corsa
- situazione di corsaTranslations
Portuguese condição de corrida
- condição de corridaTranslations
Spanish condición de carrera
- condición de carreraTranslations
Cite this entry
race condition. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/race%20condition
“race condition.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/race%20condition. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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