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The lock prefix on the 8086/8088 prevents any other bus master from accessing the bus during this instruction, even if this instruction is a multiple access instruction. It assures atomicity and data consistency in a multi-computer environment, but only for a single instruction. It is generally used to manipulate a mutex or semaphore.
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Which lock type is initially acquired when you use the SELECT ... FOR UPDATE statement?
"row- exclusive
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