Race Condition
Race condition is when two or more processes or threads are trying to access or manipulate the same shared resource or variable at the same time. It’s like when you and your friend both want to play with the same toy, and you both try to grab it at the same time.
In computer programs, this can cause unexpected and undesirable results. For example, if two processes are trying to write to the same file at the same time, the data might get mixed up and the file could become corrupted. Or if two threads are trying to update the same variable, one of them might overwrite the other’s changes and the final result might not be what was intended.
Programmers have to be careful to avoid race conditions by using techniques like “locking” to ensure that only one process or thread can access a resource at a time. They also write code that anticipates and handles race conditions by checking for conflicts and resolving them in a consistent way.