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Siddharth Singh Tanwar
Siddharth Singh Tanwar

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Concurrency: Letting all cook!

This is a submission for DEV Computer Science Challenge v24.06.12: One Byte Explainer.

Explainer

Imagine a kitchen with multiple chefs cooking different dishes simultaneously. Each chef (thread) works on their tasks, but they need to share the stove (resource) without bumping into each other (race conditions). This efficient cooking dance is concurrency!

Additional Context

Concurrency is an important but difficult to understand concept when you first come across it. If we try to understand it using an analogy, it gets somewhat easier. A lot of concepts connected to it like race conditions and deadlock also become easier to understand.

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