we have to initialize a semaphore with some value.semaphores are generally

what is the diff b/w MUTEX and semaphore?

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Answer Posted / manohar adari

we have to initialize a semaphore with some value.semaphores
are generally used for resource allocation by initilizing
the semaphore with the available number of resources.

Mutexes are exclusively used for threads and processes
synchronization.

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