[1] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

critical section
     
        a non-re-entrant piece of code that can only be executed by
        one process at a time.  it will usually terminate in bounded
        time and a process will only have to wait a bounded time to
        enter it.  some synchronisation mechanism is required at the
        entry and exit of the critical section to ensure exclusive
        use.
     
     
see also:
re-entrant 

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