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From: Dominic Matarese <dominicmatarese@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2021 16:04:59 +0000
Subject: required first commit

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+This is an algorithm used to determine if an operating system is in a "safe state" i.e no deadlocks possible.
+A deadlock can occur in a system if each process is waiting on a resource from another process to complete, and no process can relinquish resources until it is completed.
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