A counting semaphore was initialized to 10, then 6p (wait) operations and 4V (signal) operations were completed on this semaphore. The resulting value of the semaphore is
A counting semaphore was initialized to 10, then 6p (wait) operations and 4V (signal) operations were completed on this semaphore. The resulting value of the semaphore is 8.
A semaphore is a variable or abstract data type used to control access to a common resource by multiple processes in a concurrent system such as a multitasking operating system.
A semaphore is a synchronization object that controls access by multiple processes to a common resource in a parallel programming environment. Semaphores are widely used to control access to files and shared memory.