wait condition
[/weɪt kənˈdɪʃən/]
nounpl: wait conditions
condição de espera
1. In programming and operating systems, a condition that a thread or process must check before proceeding, typically used in synchronization mechanisms to pause execution until a specific event occurs
The thread will wait on the wait condition until the resource becomes available.
A thread aguardará a condição de espera até que o recurso fique disponível.
2. A predefined state or signal that determines when a waiting entity can resume operation
The developer implemented a wait condition to prevent race conditions in the multi-threaded application.
O desenvolvedor implementou uma condição de espera para evitar condições de corrida na aplicação multi-thread.
This is primarily a technical term used in software development and computer science. It is language-agnostic in nature and used identically in both English and Portuguese-speaking tech communities. Understanding wait conditions is fundamental to concurrent programming and is taught in universities and professional development courses worldwide.
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