Mutex

Mutex definition - hacker
A programming concept that serializes access to a shared resource, such as a file or data in memory. Frequently, this serialization is necessary to protect the resource from being changed in an inconsistent manner. Poorly designed Mutual Exclusion Objects are targets of crackers looking for a possible path for an attack.

Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Bernadette Schell and Clemens Martin.
Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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