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What are the main functions of synchronization primitives in programming?
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Synchronization primitives in programming are used to control access to shared resources in a multithreaded environment to prevent race conditions and ensure data correctness.
The main functions of synchronization primitives:
- Mutual Exclusion — guarantees that only one thread enters the critical section of code at a time.
- Timing synchronization — allows threads to wait for certain conditions or signals from other threads.
- Visibility of changes — changes made by one thread to shared data become visible to other threads.
Examples of primitives: mutex, semaphore, monitor, event, locks.
In C#, synchronization often uses the lock keyword, Mutex class, Semaphore, ManualResetEvent, and others.