Usually means: Synchronization mechanism, prevents concurrent access.
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  1. spinlock: Wiktionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (spinlock)

noun:  (programming) A lock which causes a thread trying to acquire it simply to wait in a loop ("spin") while repeatedly checking if the lock is available.
verb:  (programming) To use a spinlock.

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