A __________ occurs when two or more processes access a resource in a nondeterministic order, and the outcome depends on the order that the processes access the resource.
A) thundering herd
B) mutual exclusion violation
C) residual dependency
D) race condition

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A race condition occurs when the outcome of a process depends on the sequence or timing of uncontrollable events, such as the order in which processes access shared resources.

A __________ Occurs When Two or More Processes Access a Resource