Peterson's algorithm

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

[edit]
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

[edit]

Formulated by Gary L. Peterson in 1981.

Proper noun

[edit]

Peterson's algorithm

  1. (computing theory) A concurrent programming algorithm for mutual exclusion that allows two or more processes to share a single-use resource without conflict, using only shared memory for communication.
    Synonym: Peterson's solution
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Peterson%27s_algorithm&oldid=82054634"