Lamport's bakery algorithm
computer algorithm intended to improve the safety in the usage of shared resources among multiple threads
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Lamport's bakery algorithm
Summary
Lamport's bakery algorithm is a concurrency control algorithm[1]. It draws 136 Wikipedia views per month (concurrency_control_algorithm category, ranking #3 of 7).[2]
Key Facts
- Lamport's bakery algorithm is credited with the discovery of Leslie Lamport[3].
- Lamport's bakery algorithm's instance of is recorded as concurrency control algorithm[4].
- Leslie Lamport is named after Lamport's bakery algorithm[5].
- bakery is named after Lamport's bakery algorithm[6].
- Lamport's bakery algorithm's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1973-00-00T00:00:00Z[7].
- Lamport's bakery algorithm's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06skpb[8].
- Lamport's bakery algorithm's described by source is recorded as A new solution of Dijkstra's concurrent programming problem[9].
- Lamport's bakery algorithm's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 6328786[10].
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Designation and Status
Lamport's bakery algorithm's instance of is recorded as concurrency control algorithm[4].
History and Context
Things named after include Leslie Lamport[5], a mathematician[11], b. 1941[12], of United States[13], awarded the Dijkstra Prize[14], specialised in computer science[15] and bakery[6].
Why It Matters
Lamport's bakery algorithm draws 136 Wikipedia views per month (concurrency_control_algorithm category, ranking #3 of 7).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]