12DEADLOCKS AND RACE CONDITIONS
We’ve talked about multitasking, or computers doing more than one thing at a time. Originally we were just pretending that computers could do this, because really there was only one computer switching between tasks. But now that multicore processors are the norm, computers are actually doing more than one thing at a time. Multiprocessing isn’t a particularly new concept; single-core processors have long been connected together to achieve higher performance. It’s just easier and more common now. A multiprocessor system isn’t an expensive special-purpose machine anymore—it’s your phone.
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