readers-writers problem

noun

Any of a class of problems in which many concurrent threads of execution try to access the same shared resource at one time, with constraints on which threads may read from and write to the resource.

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Meanings

nounreaders-writers problem (plural readers-writers problems)

plural readers-writers problems

  1. computingAny of a class of problems in which many concurrent threads of execution try to access the same shared resource at one time, with constraints on which threads may read from and write to the resource.
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