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<p><b>Copy-on-write</b> (<b>COW</b>), also called <b>implicit sharing</b> or <b>shadowing</b>, is a <a href="page.php?w=Resource_management_%28computing%29">resource-management</a> technique used in <a href="page.php?w=computer_programming">programming</a> to manage shared data efficiently. Instead of copying data right away when multiple programs use it, the same data is shared between programs until one tries to modify it. If no changes are made, no private copy is created, saving <a href="page.php?w=System_resource">resources</a>. A copy is only</p><p>
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