A ________ is a mutual exclusion mechanism in which a process executes in an infinite loop waiting for the value of a lock variable to indicate availability.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


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11. spinlock

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What will be an ideal response?

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Both the containers set and multiset automatically sort their elements according to some sort criteria.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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In aswitch statement, if the value of the expression does not match any of the case values, the statements following the ____________________ label execute.  

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Match each term with a statement below.

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