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'''Non-blocking synchronization''' is a [[technique]] that uses special [[algorithm]]s to avoid that the [[execution (computers)|execution]] of [[thread (software engineering)|thread]]s competing for a shared [[resource (computer science)|resource]] throughhaving their [[mutualexecution exclusion(computers)|execution]] are indefinitely postponed by [[mutual exclusion]].

Good reasons to use it are: