Dictionary

threadsafe en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (UK) audio

Etymology

From thread + safe.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) That can be safely accessed from multiple threads.
   • SessionFactory objects are threadsafe, so it is not necessary to obtain one for each thread. 2006, Dave Minter, Jeff Linwood, Beginning Hibernate: From Novice to Professional:
   • Only a few collection classes are threadsafe. As we'll see later, being threadsafe does not necessarily mean that you can safely use them in every multithreaded program. 2004, Scott Oaks, Henry Wong, Java threads:

Forms