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mechanism
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mechanism	is a subtopic of The Basics of Java
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Kinds of mechanism :

• semaphore (4 facts) - A mechanism that allow data items to be locked so that they cannot be accessed by other threads when they are not ready
• socket (1 kind, 4 facts) - Data in a client or server that represents an end of a TCP/IP connection. A complete connection has two sockets, one in the client and one in the server
• synchronization (5 facts) - A mechanism to guarantee that only one thread can access an object at a time