spinlock

English

Etymology

From spin +‎ lock.

Noun

spinlock (plural spinlocks)

  1. (programming) A lock which causes a thread trying to acquire it simply to wait in a loop ("spin") while repeatedly checking if the lock is available.

Verb

spinlock (third-person singular simple present spinlocks, present participle spinlocking, simple past and past participle spinlocked)

  1. (programming) To use a spinlock.

Anagrams

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