"thundering herd problem" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: thundering herd problems [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} thundering herd problem (plural thundering herd problems)
  1. (computing theory) The undesirable situation where a large number of processes waiting for an event are awoken whenever the event occurs, and then engage in a conflict over which process handles the event. Wikipedia link: thundering herd problem Categories (topical): Theory of computing

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