"data race" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: data races [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} data race (plural data races)
  1. (programming) A problematic situation where one thread could potentially read or write a memory location while another thread is writing to it. Categories (topical): Programming Related terms: race condition

Inflected forms

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