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locking can prevent critical races 2001-08-30 14:56:30.0
can slow performance since it takes a lot of extra work to manipulate and check the locks
has definition A mechanism for reserving a resource so as to avoid inappropriate concurrent access
is a subtopic of 10.5 - Defects in Timing and Co-Ordination: Deadlock, Livelocks and Critical Races 2001-08-30 14:56:30.0
is a kind of practice
may use a mechanism such as semaphores

locking	can prevent critical races
	can slow performance since it takes a lot of extra work to manipulate and check the locks
	has definition A mechanism for reserving a resource so as to avoid inappropriate concurrent access
	is a subtopic of 10.5 - Defects in Timing and Co-Ordination: Deadlock, Livelocks and Critical Races
	is a kind of practice
	may use a mechanism such as semaphores