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  1. What does "atomic" mean in programming? - Stack Overflow

    May 8, 2015 · In the Effective Java book, it states: The language specification guarantees that reading or writing a variable is atomic unless the variable is of type long or double [JLS, 17.4.7]. What do...

  2. c++ - What exactly is std::atomic? - Stack Overflow

    Aug 13, 2015 · Objects of atomic types are the only C++ objects that are free from data races; that is, if one thread writes to an atomic object while another thread reads from it, the behavior is well-defined. …

  3. What are atomic types in the C language? - Stack Overflow

    Apr 30, 2016 · I remember I came across certain types in the C language called atomic types, but we have never studied them. So, how do they differ from regular types like int,float,double,long etc., and …

  4. Is there a difference between the _Atomic type qualifier and type ...

    Oct 20, 2014 · Atomic type specifiers :-:) Syntax: _Atomic ( type-name ); You can declare an atomic integer like this: _Atomic(int) counter; The _Atomic keyword can be used in the form _Atomic(T), …

  5. sql - What is atomicity in dbms - Stack Overflow

    Jun 4, 2014 · The definition of atomic is hazy; a value that is atomic in one application could be non-atomic in another. For a general guideline, a value is non-atomic if the application deals with only a …

  6. sql - Are Transactions Always Atomic? - Stack Overflow

    Jul 11, 2011 · SQL transactions, like transactions on all database platforms, put the data in isolation to cover the entire ACID acronym (atomic, consistent, isolated and durable).

  7. reference assignment is atomic so why is Interlocked.Exchange(ref ...

    reference assignment is atomic so why is Interlocked.Exchange (ref Object, Object) needed? Reference assignment is atomic. Interlocked.Exchange does not do only reference assignment. It does a read …

  8. assembly - Risc-V atomic instructions - Stack Overflow

    Jul 17, 2025 · An atomic operation is a trio of steps read, modify, and write (or, load, operate, and store) in that order and with no interruptions or re-ordering allowed in the instruction or data paths. In …

  9. How to guarantee atomic move or exception of a file in Java?

    Aug 11, 2014 · You can pass ATOMIC_MOVE as an option, but if the move cannot be performed as an atomic operation, AtomicMoveNotSupportedException is thrown (this is the case when target …

  10. Which is more efficient, basic mutex lock or atomic integer?

    Sep 13, 2017 · atomic integer is a user mode object there for it's much more efficient than a mutex which runs in kernel mode. The scope of atomic integer is a single application while the scope of the …