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Meaning of sleeping barber problem | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

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A problem of interprocess communication and synchronization where one process responds to requests from multiple other threads and sleeps when not doing so. In some cases this may lead to an undesirable state where components are waiting for each other despite being ready.

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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