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  2. Semaphore (programming) - Wikipedia

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    A mutex is a locking mechanism that sometimes uses the same basic implementation as the binary semaphore. However, they differ in how they are used. While a binary semaphore may be colloquially referred to as a mutex, a true mutex has a more specific use-case and definition, in that only the task that locked the mutex is supposed to unlock it ...

  3. Lock (computer science) - Wikipedia

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    A mutex is a locking mechanism that sometimes uses the same basic implementation as the binary semaphore. However, they differ in how they are used. While a binary semaphore may be colloquially referred to as a mutex, a true mutex has a more specific use-case and definition, in that only the task that locked the mutex is supposed to unlock it ...

  4. Counting - Wikipedia

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    Number blocks, which can be used for counting. Counting is the process of determining the number of elements of a finite set of objects; that is, determining the size of a set. . The traditional way of counting consists of continually increasing a (mental or spoken) counter by a unit for every element of the set, in some order, while marking (or displacing) those elements to avoid visiting the ...

  5. Synchronization (computer science) - Wikipedia

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    Semaphores are signalling mechanisms which can allow one or more threads/processors to access a section. A Semaphore has a flag which has a certain fixed value associated with it and each time a thread wishes to access the section, it decrements the flag. Similarly, when the thread leaves the section, the flag is incremented.

  6. Binary number - Wikipedia

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    Binary is also easily converted to the octal numeral system, since octal uses a radix of 8, which is a power of two (namely, 2 3, so it takes exactly three binary digits to represent an octal digit). The correspondence between octal and binary numerals is the same as for the first eight digits of hexadecimal in the table above. Binary 000 is ...

  7. The 10 Hardest Restaurant Reservations to Book in America - AOL

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    Rao’s. New York. With no shortage of hard-to-book eateries, Rao’s stands out.Open since 1896, 60 percent of the tables are reserved for regulars who have standing reservations. To dine here ...

  8. Binary data - Wikipedia

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    However, the values are frequently represented as 1 or 0, which corresponds to counting the number of successes in a single trial: 1 (success…) or 0 (failure); see § Counting. More intuitively, binary data can be represented as count data. Often, binary data is used to represent one of two conceptually opposed values, e.g.:

  9. Why Elephants Have Big Ears: The Secret to Staying Cool

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    Elephants have massive ears to help regulate their body temperature. They have huge blood vessels in their ears. The blood vessels are large and quite visible on the backs of the elephant’s ears.