atomic

/ษ™หˆtษ‘ห.mษชk/

IPA: /AH0 T AA1 M IH0 K/

noun
  1. 1

    An atomic operation.

adjective
  1. 1

    Of or relating to atoms; composed of atoms; monatomic.

    โ€œA stream of atomic hydrogen is emitted.โ€

  2. 2

    Employing or relating to nuclear energy or processes.

    โ€œWe built a small atomic bomb in the garage.โ€

  3. 3

    Infinitesimally small.

    โ€œThe hairs on a bedbug are almost atomic.โ€

  4. 4

    Unable to be split or made any smaller.

    โ€œA bit is an atomic item of data.โ€

  5. 5

    Of an operation: guaranteed to complete either fully or not at all while waiting in a pause, and running synchronously when called by multiple asynchronous threads.

    โ€œIn order to avoid race conditions, this operation has to be atomic.โ€

  6. 6

    (of a commit in a VCS) Containing a single change, as opposed to involving numerous unrelated changes.

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Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/atomic