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⟩ What is Semaphore?

A hardware or software flag.

In multitasking systems, a semaphore is a variable with a value that indicates the status of a common resource.

Its used to lock the resource that is being used.

A process needing the resource checks the semaphore to determine the resource's status

and then decides how to proceed.

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