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      1 # Barrier Synchronization
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      3 Computer Architecture L2
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      5 **Definition:** This is a way to block all execution until all inputs are ready. This can be thought of as thread syncing and is closely related to [Data Flow](DataFlow.md) execution.
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      7 in1  in2  in3
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      9 BLOCKERBLOCKER
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     11 out1 out2 out3
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     13 in this image, all in's need to be ready before out's are assigned. 
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     15 See [Bulk Synchronous Processing](BulkSynchronousProcessing.md) for more of the same information. Bulk synchronous processing is the idea of processing lots of things in parallel before moving on.