Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

futex

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fu-tex
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mechanism for basic locking, based on an atomic integer in userspace that may be operated upon from multiple processes or threads.

Etymology

Contraction of fast + userspace + mutex; see mutex.

Inflected Forms

futexes (plural)

Questions

What does futex mean?: A mechanism for basic locking, based on an atomic integer in userspace that may be operated upon from multiple processes or threads.
Where does futex come from?: Contraction of fast + userspace + mutex; see mutex.

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