transactional memory

noun

transactional memory

noun
1

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A concurrency control mechanism analogous to database transactions for controlling access to shared memory.

  • Since mutating state exposes those components to all the problems of concurrency, it is common practice to use some kind of transactional memory to protect the mutable variables from concurrent updates […]2017, Robert C. Martin, Clean Architecture: A Craftsman's Guide to Software Structure and Design, Prentice Hall, →ISBN:

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