Can Anyone give the detailed explanation about the difference busy waiting and spin lock in OS (operating system) ?
Please give the explanation in layman language
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Simply put:
Busy waiting is a technique in which a process repeatedly checks to see if a condition is true (from Wikipedia).
Spinlock uses the above technique for the purpose of checking if a lock is available.
These 2 SO answers explain nicely what is a spinlock and when one should use it: https://stackoverflow.com/a/1957464/6098812
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