Question 6
A situation where several processes access and manipulate the same data is referred to as ____________ .
static condition
race condition
critical section
dynamic condition
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race condition
Question 6 of 19 in the IIT Madras BS Operating Systems (Operating Systems) Quiz 2 paper sat on 24 Mar 2024, in the January 2024 term (IIT M FOUNDATION AN EXAM QDF2 24 Mar 2024). It carries 2 marks.
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