____________ is the ability of multiple processes to co-ordinate their activities by exchange of information.

Related MCQs

• _____________ 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.
• The processes exchange partial results instead of using oneway communications. Such a communication pattern is sometimes called a ___________.
• If a process is executing in its critical section, then no other processes can be executing in their critical section. This condition is called ___________.
• A ______________ construct by itself creates a “single program multiple data” program, i.e., each thread executes the same code.
• The ______________ specifies that the iterations of the for loop should be executed in parallel by multiple threads.
• The ____________ directive ensures that a specific memory location is updated atomically, rather than exposing it to the possibility of multiple, simultaneous writing threads.
• ____________ is a form of parallelization across multiple processors in parallel computing environments.
• A situation where several processes access and manipulate the same data concurrently and the outcome of the execution depends on the particular order in which access takes place is called:
• ___________ are used for signaling among processes and can be readily used to enforce a mutual exclusion discipline.
• A minimum of _____ variable(s) is/are required to be shared between processes to solve the critical section problem.