mutex-driven
|mu-tex-driv-en|
/ˈmjuːtɛksˌdrɪvən/
controlled by a mutex
Etymology
'mutex-driven' originates from English, combining the abbreviation 'mutex' (short for 'mutual exclusion') and the past participle 'driven' (from 'drive').
'mutex' was coined in 20th-century computing as an abbreviation of 'mutual exclusion'; 'driven' derives from Old English 'drīfan' → Middle English 'drive'/'driven' and became the modern past-participle form 'driven'; these elements were combined in technical contexts to form the compound 'mutex-driven'.
Initially, 'mutex' referred specifically to the concept of mutual exclusion and 'driven' to being 'propelled' or 'caused'; in combination, the phrase evolved to mean 'controlled or coordinated by a mutex' in concurrent programming.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Adjective 1
controlled, coordinated, or gated by a mutex (mutual-exclusion lock); requiring or using a mutex to protect shared resources in concurrent programming.
The buffer is mutex-driven to prevent concurrent writes from multiple threads.
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Last updated: 2026/01/09 21:01