"critical section" meaning in All languages combined

See critical section on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: critical sections [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} critical section (plural critical sections)
  1. (programming) A piece of code that accesses a shared resource that must not be concurrently accessed by more than one thread of execution. Wikipedia link: critical section Categories (topical): Programming Translations (translation): krita sekcio (Esperanto), kriittinen alue (Finnish), section critique [feminine] (French), secțiune critică [feminine] (Romanian), sección crítica [feminine] (Spanish)

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