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[Mutex] is a contraction, an abbreviation of __Mut__ually __Ex__clusive.
-Mostly used in reference to specific
application code that only allows one particular type of operation to be performed at any one time.
+Mostly used in reference to [synchronized|Synchronisation]
application code that only allows one particular type of operation to be performed at any one time.
For example, in a MultiThreaded environment such as a [GUI], the [Thread] that performs the [GUI] repaint will have a specific type of [Mutex] activity.