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  • adjective computing, programming That can be safely accessed from multiple threads.

Etymologies

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thread +‎ safe

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Examples

  • Before anyone jumps in and suggests that that's rails 'fault for not being' threadsafe ',

    RubyCorner 2008

  • I already have a patch around for @cdk.threadsafe and @cdk.threadnonsafe in reply to the Threading session at the unconference, which I'll ask Rajarshi to review.

    CDK Workshop 2009 #3 Egon Willighagen 2009

  • I already have a patch around for @cdk.threadsafe and @cdk.threadnonsafe in reply to the Threading session at the unconference, which I'll ask Rajarshi to review.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Egon Willighagen 2009

  • I made sure the xlib and GL backends are now threadsafe, too.

    Planet GNOME Benjamin Otte 2010

  • Chris had spent time previously on ensuring that the image and xcb backends were threadsafe.

    Planet GNOME Benjamin Otte 2010

  • As we all know, this is usually not threadsafe by itself.

    Planet GNOME Benjamin Otte 2010

  • Chris had spent time previously on ensuring that the image and xcb backends were threadsafe.

    Planet GNOME Benjamin Otte 2010

  • As we all know, this is usually not threadsafe by itself.

    Planet GNOME Benjamin Otte 2010

  • As we all know, this is usually not threadsafe by itself.

    Planet GNOME Benjamin Otte 2010

  • I made sure the xlib and GL backends are now threadsafe, too.

    Planet GNOME Benjamin Otte 2010

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