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I don't think Microsoft invented it: > On the CDC CYBER, an interlock register is available ... Operation of this interlock register is similar to TEST AND SET

by pjtr 4y ago

I don't think Microsoft invented it: > On the CDC CYBER, an interlock register is available ... Operation of this interlock register is similar to TEST AND SET Concurrency in Operating Systems, October 1976 https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/co/1976/10/01647182/13rRUwwslyQ https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazine/co/1976/10/01647182/1...

zinekeller 4y ago
To add to this, an interlock (which unfortunately is a dated term) is the part of the hardware checking for atomicity when required.