what is Mutex ¿?

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  1. printer

    printer New Member

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    I just seen in wiki about this, but I like to know because I didn't catch the idea of this
     
  2. sanjaik

    sanjaik New Member

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    Hi,
    A Mutex is a special case - Semaphore that allows only one thread to access a resource
    at any given time.



     

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