Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mutex

/ˈmjuːtɛks/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.77 in modern English

Syllables: mu-tex
IPA: /ˈmjuːtɛks/

14

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An object in a program that serves as a lock, used to negotiate mutual exclusion among threads.

verb

To apply a mutex to.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"The ability to set a maximum waiting time provides another reason why in some circumstances, you might prefer to use a mutex rather than a lock statement."
"Or you can have a single pipe that is mutexed so each thread can only write to the pipe exclusively. Alternatively, you can have each thread put the finished fd in a globally mutexed list."

Etymology

Syllabic abbreviation of mutually exclusive or mutual exclusion.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈmjuːtɛks/

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

mutexes (plural) mutexes (present, singular) mutexing (participle, present) mutexed (participle, past) mutexed (past)

Derived Forms

futex

Questions

How do you pronounce mutex?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmjuːtɛks/.
What does mutex mean?: An object in a program that serves as a lock, used to negotiate mutual exclusion among threads.
Where does mutex come from?: Syllabic abbreviation of mutually exclusive or mutual exclusion.

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