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Encyclopedia Enqueue Waits

The second kind of contention is caused by encyclopedia constraints known as enqueue waits. Enqueue waits are constraints built into the encyclopedia to prohibit two functions that are known to be incompatible from running at the same time. Because enqueue waits can be predicted, it is worthwhile to learn the rules that govern them.