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Race (competition)

A timed sports competition where runners, swimmers, or vehicles sprint toward a finish line.

First in use: ancient / pre-modern
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Race condition

A race condition where program outputs depend unpredictably on the uncoordinated execution order of parallel threads.

First in use: c. 1954

Race / Race (competition) / Race condition

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Which meaning of Race is the original, and which one is the duplicate riding on its name? Race (competition) came first (ancient / pre-modern). Race condition arrived in 1954. The data below shows which one owns the word now.

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Race (competition)

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