What is mutant?

Answers were Sorted based on User's Feedback



What is mutant?..

Answer / mangai

{Microsoft}'s term for a {mutex} which is generally used in
{user mode} but can also be used in {kernel mode}.
According to this terminology a mutex is only used in
kernel mode.

Is This Answer Correct ?    7 Yes 2 No

What is mutant?..

Answer / guest

In Windows NT a mutant provides kernel mode or user mode
mutual exclusion with the notion of ownership.

Is This Answer Correct ?    7 Yes 4 No

Post New Answer

More Operating Systems General Concepts Interview Questions

Explain the resident set and working set of a process?

0 Answers  


Define page fault interrupt?

0 Answers  


If i have one root domain & two child domain, then in total how many FSMO roles i will have in entire forest?

1 Answers   Wipro,


Explain cycle stealing?

0 Answers  


What are different tasks of lexical analysis?

0 Answers  






What is operating system in short answer?

0 Answers  


How can I boot from usb?

0 Answers  


What are placement and replacement algorithms in the context of memory management?

0 Answers  


what is Processor?

7 Answers   Cisco, TCS,


Explain about paged segmentation and segment paging ?

1 Answers  


What are the 3 types of operating systems?

0 Answers  


Is Micro-kernel better than Macro-kernel at ‘cpu usage’ and ‘response time’ ?

1 Answers  


Categories