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Lock (computer science)

Known as: Lock contention, Lock, Locking (computer science) 
In computer science, a lock or mutex (from mutual exclusion) is a synchronization mechanism for enforcing limits on access to a resource in an… 
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Review
2006
Review
2006
Transactional Memory
Current and future processor generations are based on multicore architectures where the performance increase comes from an… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
A 77-GHz Phased-Array Transceiver With On-Chip Antennas in Silicon: Transmitter and Local LO-Path Phase Shifting
Integration of mm-wave multiple-antenna systems on silicon-based processes enables complex, low-cost systems for high-frequency… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Laser mode locking using a saturable absorber incorporating carbon nanotubes
This paper describes a new class of saturable absorber device based on single-wall carbon nanotube (SWNT)-the saturable absorber… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Predictors of violent or serious delinquency in adolescence and early adulthood: a synthesis of long
Door locking apparatus including electrically operated lock mounted in door surround structure and electrically operable to… 
Review
1996
Review
1996
χ(2) cascading phenomena and their applications to all-optical signal processing, mode-locking, pulse compression and solitons
Cascading is the process by which the exchange of energy between optical beams interacting via second order nonlinearities (χ(2… 
Review
1994
Review
1994
Real time groupware as a distributed system: concurrency control and its effect on the interface
This paper exposes the concurrency control problem in groupware when it is implemented as a distributed system. Traditional… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Structures for additive pulse mode locking
The theory of additive pulse mode locking (APM) is developed in closed form under a linearization approximation. The pulse… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Lightweight remote procedure call
Lightweight Remote Procedure Call (LRPC) is a communication facility designed and optimized for communication between protection… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Practical aspects of two-dimensional transverse NOE spectroscopy
Highly Cited
1955
Highly Cited
1955
Selected Papers on Noise and Stochastic Processes
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