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Explain the concept of Reentrancy.

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Question added by Mashari AlMusad , Director Of Information Communication Technology , Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee
Date Posted: 2016/05/12
Bashar Bataineh
by Bashar Bataineh , Founder And CEO , Plancksoft

Based on my understanding from a 5 seconds Google search, it is when a procedure can be interrupted in the middle of its execution and safely resumed at a later point.

Migara A. Wijeratne
by Migara A. Wijeratne , Gen. Designer , ASAK Group

It is a useful, memory-saving technique for multiprogrammed time sharing systems. A Reentrant Procedure is one in which multiple users can share a single copy of a program during the same period. 

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