OS Synchronization Interview Questions and Answers

What is Process Synchronization?

Process Synchronization handles sharing system resources by the processes in such a way that concurrent access to shared data is handled smoothly without allowing inconsistent data.

Define deadlock.

Deadlock can be defined as the situation when two users have locks on separate objects and each process is trying to acquire a lock on the object that the other process has.
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Deadlock-deadlock is a situation where by a group of processes are permanently blocked as a result of each process having acquired a subset of resources needed for its completion and waiting for release of the remaining resource hold by others in the group.(making impossible for any processes to proceed)
Enock Richard 09-19-2013

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