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synchronization

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synchronization has definition A mechanism to guarantee that only one thread can access an object at a time source: Object Oriented Software Engineering by Lethbridge and Laganière, 2001-10-19 11:38:03.0
has purpose to avoid problems that can arise when two threads can both modify the same object at the same time
is a subtopic of Threads
is a kind of mechanism
see also synchronized

synchronization	has definition A mechanism to guarantee that only one thread can access an object at a time
	has purpose to avoid problems that can arise when two threads can both modify the same object at the same time
	is a subtopic of Threads
	is a kind of mechanism
	see also synchronized