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lock

A rule that lets only one thread at a time run a piece of code.

The lock statement acquires exclusive access to a lock object (System.Threading.Lock since .NET 9, or Monitor on any reference type) for the duration of its block.

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Examples

  • lock (_gate) { _balance += amount; } lets one thread at a time change the balance.

See also

critical section race condition deadlock
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