race condition

noun

Definitions

  1. A flaw in a system or process whereby the output or result is unexpectedly and critically…

    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.
    • A race condition is usually when multiple processes are accessing data that is shared among them, but the correct outcome depends on the execution order of the processes.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for race condition. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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