##  [Race Condition](/race-condition) 

  ##  [Race Condition](https://natural.quantumdictionary.io/race-condition-0) 

  

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Definition

A concurrency fault in which program behavior or outcome depends on the relative timing or ordering of operations on shared resources, so different interleavings produce different results, some of which may be incorrect or unsafe.