sridhar

• Sep 22nd, 2005

 

A data object that represents the right to use a limited resource, used for synchronization and communication between asynchronous processes.

praveenlaxmipalem

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• Nov 25th, 2005

 

A semaphore is a type of Interprocess communication resource used for synchronization and mutual exclusion between any two asynchronous processes.

praveenlaxmipalem

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• Nov 25th, 2005

 

A semaphore is a type of Interprocess communication resource used for synchronization and mutual exclusion between any two asynchronous processes.

sumit01_77

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• Jan 25th, 2006

 

In simple terms a Semaphore is a unit or resource which is used for synchrosation between two processes , it is kind of flag (in abstract terms) which every process will check before processing ahead to avoid the deadlock situationAshish