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spinlock
A locking mechanism associated with a global data structure. This mechanism ensures that only one thread can get access to the data structure at any given time.
- Part of Speech: noun
 - Industry/Domain: Computer
 - Category: Operating systems
 - Company: Microsoft
 
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