What is mutex?
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Answer / arun sarangi
Mutex is a global variable in critical section problem
algorithm,based on its value, gives permissing to a process
to enter into the critical section for the utilization of
shared resouce(critical section).
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Answer / chinavenkanna babu
Mutual exclusion (often abbreviated to mutex) algorithms
are used in concurrent programming to avoid the
simultaneous use of a common resource, such as a global
variable, by pieces of computer code called critical
sections
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