RACECONDITION

Race condition

A race condition or race hazard is the behavior of an electronic or software system where the output is dependent on the sequence or timing of other uncontrollable events. It becomes a bug when events do not happen in the order the programmer intended. The term originates with the idea of two signals racing each other to influence the output first.

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race condition

Noun

  1. A flaw in a system or process whereby the output or result is unexpectedly and critically dependent on the sequence or timing of other events.
    A race condition in writing my guest book file meant that the last person to sign wiped out all previous signatures.


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