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exclusive read, concurrent write

(definition)

Definition: A parallel memory model in which only one processor can read from any one memory location at one time, but multiple processors can write simultaneously to a single memory location.

Also known as ERCW.

See also concurrent read, concurrent write, concurrent read, exclusive write, exclusive read, exclusive write.

Author: PMS


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Paul M. Sant, "exclusive read, concurrent write", in Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures [online], Vreda Pieterse and Paul E. Black, eds. 17 December 2004. (accessed TODAY) Available from: http://www.nist.gov/dads/HTML/exclusiveReadConWrt.html