Semaphores

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Counting-based synchronization primitives that maintain a count of available permits. Threads acquire (decrement) and release (increment) permits. A semaphore with count 1 is a binary semaphore (functionally similar to a mutex). Used to limit concurrent access to a resource pool.

Key Properties

• Counting-based Access Control
• Limit Concurrent Access

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concurrency synchronization semaphore