threadsafe

English

Alternative forms

• thread-safe

Etymology

thread +‎ safe

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Adjective

threadsafe (not comparable)

1. (computing, programming) That can be safely accessed from multiple threads.
   • 2004, Scott Oaks, Henry Wong, Java threads:

     Only a few collection classes are threadsafe. As we'll see later, being threadsafe does not necessarily mean that you can safely use them in every multithreaded program.

   • 2006, Dave Minter, Jeff Linwood, Beginning Hibernate: From Novice to Professional:

     SessionFactory objects are threadsafe, so it is not necessary to obtain one for each thread.

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