atomic
/əˈtɔm.ɪk//əˈtɒm.ɪk//əˈtɑː.mɪk/
noun
- 1
An atomic operation.
adjective
- 1
Of or relating to atoms; composed of atoms; monatomic.
“A stream of atomic hydrogen is emitted.”
- 2
Employing or relating to nuclear energy or processes.
“We built a small atomic bomb in the garage.”
- 3
Infinitesimally small.
“The hairs on a bedbug are almost atomic.”
- 4
Unable to be split or made any smaller.
“A bit is an atomic item of data.”
- 5
Of an operation: guaranteed to complete either fully or not at all while waiting in a pause, and running synchronously when called by multiple asynchronous threads.
“In order to avoid race conditions, this operation has to be atomic.”
- 6
(of a commit in a VCS) Containing a single change, as opposed to involving numerous unrelated changes.
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