What is a semaphore?         can be accessed from multiple processes       must be accessed from only one process       It is a Memory management hardware tool       is a binary mutex

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What is a semaphore?
 
 
 
 
can be accessed from multiple processes
 
 
 
must be accessed from only one process
 
 
 
It is a Memory management hardware tool
 
 
 
is a binary mutex
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