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What is the dining philosophers problem in operating systems?
How did the dining philosophers problem get its name?
The problem is based on a hypothetical situation where a group of philosophers are sitting around a circular table with a plate of food in front of each philosopher, and a single fork placed in between each pair of adjacent plates. To eat their food, the philosophers must alternately use the fork to their left and the fork to their right. If two philosophers pick up the same fork at the same time, a deadlock occurs.