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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=computer_science">computer science</a>, an <a href="page.php?w=algorithm">algorithm</a> is called <b>non-blocking</b> if failure or <a href="page.php?w=Scheduling_%28computing%29">suspension</a> of any <a href="page.php?w=thread_%28computing%29">thread</a> cannot cause failure or suspension of another thread;  for some operations, these algorithms provide a useful alternative to traditional <a href="page.php?w=lock_%28computer_science%29">blocking implementations</a>. A non-blocking algorithm is <b>lock-free</b> if there</p><p>
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