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sequential consistency: a standalone construct

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Computer architecture

a memory model where results match some single interleaving of all processors' operations, each in program order.

In computer architecture, sequential consistency refers to a memory model where results match some single interleaving of all processors' operations, each in program order. This meaning comes from Lamport (1979) in IEEE Transactions on Computers.[1]

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References

Lamport, L. (1979). How to Make a Multiprocessor Computer That Correctly Executes Multiprocess Programs. IEEE Transactions on Computers, C-28(9), 690-691. https://doi.org/10.1109/tc.1979.1675439

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