atomic
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Definitions ofatomic
- An atomic operation.
- Of or relating to atoms; composed of atoms; monatomic.
Example: "A stream of atomic hydrogen is emitted."
- Employing or relating to nuclear energy or processes.
Example: "We built a small atomic bomb in the garage."
- Infinitesimally small.
Example: "The hairs on a bedbug are almost atomic."
- Unable to be split or made any smaller.
Example: "A bit is an atomic item of data."
- Of an operation: guaranteed to complete either fully or not at all while waiting in a pause, and running synchronously when called by multiple asynchronous threads.
Example: "In order to avoid race conditions, this operation has to be atomic."
- (of a commit in a VCS) Containing a single change, as opposed to involving numerous unrelated changes.
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