Lock and Thread in JAVA

http://lavasoft.blog.51cto.com/62575/99155

1. What is Mutex and Semaphore?

Mutex(mutual exclusion): mutual exclusion refers to the requirement of ensuring that no two concurrent processes^[a] are in theircritical section at the same time; it is a basic requirement in concurrency control, to prevent race conditions. Here, a critical section refers to a period when the process accesses a shared resource, such as shared memory.

Semaphore: a semaphore is a variable or abstract data type that is used for controlling access, by multiple processes, to a common resource in a concurrent system such as a multiprogramming operating system.

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reference:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semaphore_(programming)