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What is the difference between mutex and semaphore?

Answer Posted / drp3

you are partly right,but you must mention mutex is binary
semaphore.
Shemaphores are of two types , binary and counting.counting
shemaphore can range over an unrestricted domain ,where as
binary semaphore which is also known as mutex can range
between 0 and 1.

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