spinlocking

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A form of spinlock — A lock which causes a thread trying to acquire it simply to wait in a loop ("spin") while repeatedly checking if the lock is available.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of spinlock
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APA

spinlocking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spinlocking

MLA

“spinlocking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spinlocking. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spinlocking,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spinlocking.

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