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Gil

Noun CEFR C2
ɡɪl

Definitions

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Gilbert.
  2. Initialism of global interpreter lock.

Equivalents

FrançaisGil
PortuguêsGil
العربيةجل
2 more languages
עבריתגיל
Kurdîgîl

Examples

Since Asyncio is single-threaded (almost by definition), it is unaffected by the GIL, but it cannot benefit from multiple CPU cores either.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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