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A Debmedia Original March 16, 2026 · 1 min read

Can you explain what a race condition is and how you would mitigate it in a multithreaded application?

A race condition occurs when two or more threads access shared data and try to change it simultaneously, leading to unpredictable results. To mitigate this, I would use synchronization mechanisms…

Debasis Bhattacharjee

SOFTWARE_ARCHITECT // AI_ENGINEER

📅 Mar 16, 2026 ⏱ 1 min read

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Can you explain what a race condition is and how you would mitigate it in a multithreaded application?

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A race condition occurs when two or more threads access shared data and try to change it simultaneously, leading to unpredictable results. To mitigate this, I would use synchronization mechanisms like locks or semaphores to ensure that only one thread can access the shared resource at a time.

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