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There are several schemes for [Synchronisation] which are known to be equalivent in terms of what you can do with them, but not necessarily their efficiency.
# [Mutex]es
# [ConditionVariable]s
-# [Semaphore]s
+# [Semaphore|lockfile(1)
]s
Some modern languages (such as [Java]) provide for [Synchronisation] facilities as part of the language, but in many older languages ([C]/[C++]) they are provided using libraries of one sort or another.