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Reentrant vs Reentrancy - What's the difference?

reentrant | reentrancy |

As nouns the difference between reentrant and reentrancy

is that reentrant is while reentrancy is (computing) the state or condition of being reentrant.

As an adjective reentrant

is .

reentrant

English

Alternative forms

* (obsolete)

Adjective

(-)
  • Reentering; pointing inward.
  • (programming, of a mutual exclusion mechanism) Such that the corresponding lock can be reacquired by the locking thread.
  • :The global interpreter lock of the embedded scripting engine is not re-entrant.
  • (programming) That may be executed more than once at a time either by different threads, or because of recursion.
  • :Global variables must not be altered by reentrant code.
  • (transport, of a part of a rocket) Designed to return to the Earth's atmosphere.
  • (physiology) Of or pertaining to reentry (in the heart)

    • Derived terms

    * macroreentrant * microreentrant

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An angle or part that reenters itself.
  • One who enters (the labour market, etc.) again.
  • (geography) A valley between a pair of parallel ridges

    • See also

    *reusable

    reentrancy

    English

    Noun

  • (computing) The state or condition of being reentrant.