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Atomic Operations

Atomic Operations

Feb 10, 20261 min read

  • concurrency
  • lock-free
  • atomic

Atomic Operations

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Operations that are indivisible from the perspective of other threads — they either complete fully or not at all, with no visible intermediate state. Atomic integers, atomic references, and atomic flags provide the foundation for lock-free programming.

Key Properties

  • Atomic Integers and References
  • Memory Ordering (Atomic)

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