present participle of keep it on the barber pole

plural of barber pole illusion

An optical illusion where, when a diagonally striped pole is rotated around its vertical axis (horizontally), it appears as though the stripes are moving in the direction of its vertical axis (downwards in the case of the animation to the right) rather than around it.

(computing theory) A problem of interprocess communication and synchronization where one process responds to requests from multiple other threads and sleeps when not doing so. In some cases this may lead to an undesirable state where components are waiting for each other despite being ready.

plural of sleeping barber problem

simple past tense and past participle of keep it on the barber pole

Do not seek advice from a biased party.

plural of barbershop

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of barbershop

(countable) The place of business of a barber; a store where a person (usually a male) can go to get a haircut.