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title: "What is synchronization?"  
description: "What is synchronization?"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2015-05-07  
updated: 2020-09-11  
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category: "java"  
tags: ["java", "thread"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is synchronization?

Synchronization is the capabilility of control the access of multiple threads to any shared resource.It is used:

To prevent thread interference.

To prevent consistency problem.

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

Synchronization is the capabilility of control the access of multiple threads to any shared resource.It is used:

To prevent thread interference.

To prevent consistency problem.


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