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What is meant by binary semaphore? What is its use?
a semaphore that can only have two values i.e. true or false
A binary semaphore is one, which takes only 0 and 1 as values. They are used to implement mutual exclusion and synchronize concurrent processes.
What operations can be performed on a semaphore?The difference between a binary semaphore & general semaphore?Concierge Boston
binary means only one bit used for data 0 off, 1 on, so one byte 8bit size may keep up to 8 smaphoresThis post has been edited by jiashua: Apr 26 2013, 08:12 PM
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