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A data race is by definition a class of an race condition. This is basic compsci literature, and there is no other way to put it, as even a non programmer can see the similarity.

Not sure why you would be that nitpicky for something so trivial?

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I find this distinction extremely useful in practice because it explains why a static analyzer like Rust's type checker can prevent all data races but can do nothing about race conditions. (Similarly, a dynamic analyzer like ThreadSanitizer can detect data races but not race conditions, because it knows nothing about application logic.)

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