Semaphores, like mutex locks, can be used to provide mutual exclusion. However, whereas a mutex lock has a binary value

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Semaphores, like mutex locks, can be used to provide mutual exclusion. However, whereas a mutex lock has a binary value

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Semaphores, like mutex locks, can be used to provide mutual
exclusion. However, whereas a mutex lock has a binary value that
indicates if the lock is available or not, a semaphore has an
integer value and can therefore be used to solve a variety of
synchronization problems.
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