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In article <9df83s$7lk$1_at_nntp9.atl.mindspring.net>, Ryn
<matty91_at_mindspring.com> writes:
>Hello folks,
>
>What exactly is a latch? I am trying to find out what the term
>means. Also, how does Oracle use Intimate Shared Memory?
>
>Thanks for any info,
>
>- Ryn
>
A latch is mechanism used to single thread access to memory structures, i.e.,
a lock by another name used on rdbms internal memory operations. How latches
are implemented is OS dependent.