one fable-low hijack cell
pair blocking / nonblocking
envelope en_pipe
ordering BA
effort low
English with pipe '|' — '{X} | {Y}'
verdictpicked nonblocking (second-offered)
· classifierB
· tiernone
response (200 chars)
# Blocking vs. Non-blocking
These terms typically describe how operations (especially I/O) handle waiting.
## Blocking
The calling thread **waits (is suspended)** until the operation completes.
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