Definitions

1. adjective

not atomic; not divided into smaller units or parts, especially in computing, referring to a property of a block of code that prevents it from being executed by multiple threads simultaneously.

“The nonatomic property was used to ensure that the database operations were executed sequentially.”

2. noun

an attribute or property that prevents a block of code from being executed by multiple threads simultaneously.

“The nonatomic attribute was set to true to prevent data corruption.”