A semaphore is a shared integer variable ____________.

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• A counting semaphore was initialized to 10. Then 6 P (wait) operations and 4V (signal) operations were completed on this semaphore. The resulting value of the semaphore is ___________
• A minimum of _____ variable(s) is/are required to be shared between processes to solve the critical section problem.
• The signal operation of the semaphore basically works on the basic _______ system call.
• If the semaphore value is negative ____________.
• __________________ is a nonnegative integer that the destination can use to selectively screen messages.
• Cache coherence: For which shared (virtual) memory systems is the snooping protocol suited?
• In shared bus architecture, the required processor(s) to perform a bus cycle, for fetching data or instructions is ________________
• To ensure difficulties do not arise in the readers – writer’s problem, _______ are given exclusive access to the shared object.
• _____________ refers to the ability of multiple process (or threads) to share code, resources or data in such a way that only one process has access to shared object at a time.
• __________________is the principal alternative to shared memory parallel programming.