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    A _________ Is a Mutual Exclusion Mechanism in Which a Process
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A _________ Is a Mutual Exclusion Mechanism in Which a Process

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A _________ is a mutual exclusion mechanism in which a process executes in an infinite loop waiting for the value of a lock variable to indicate availability.

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