Discussion
The operations on a semaphore are conventionally named
Answer: C
Correct answer: wait and signal, or take and give
Dijkstra’s original names were P and V, from the Dutch, and modern kernels use wait and signal or take and give. Whatever they are called the pair does the same thing: one decrements the count and blocks if it cannot, the other increments it and releases a waiter.
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