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What is Semaphore?

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What is Semaphore?..

Answer / sanjay

In simple terms a Semaphore is a unit or resource which is
used for synchrosation between two processes , it is kind
of flag (in abstract terms) which every process will check
before processing ahead to avoid the deadlock situation

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What is Semaphore?..

Answer / vinay kashyap

in simple terms semaphore is a unit(count) used to keep track of the resources available..

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What is Semaphore?..

Answer / nithi

semaphore is a kind of variable on which we perform 2 operations signal(V) and wait(P) ,a process performs no operation and it will wait if semaphore is <= 0.This is used for synchronization of processes

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