A property can be declared as "nonatomic", which removes this lock.

A separate goal of the nonatomic approach was to slow and harness the fusion process, for both physics studies and energy research.

"Pentomic Division" was "a public relations term designed to combine the concept of five subordinate units ('penta') with the idea of a division that could function on an atomic or nonatomic battlefield."

As commander of the Seventh Army in Germany from 1956 to 1958, he built it into what he called "the first 'pentomic' army," one "designed and organized and equipped to fight on an atomic or nonatomic battlefield."

Another dimension which has also been considered is the Networking Environment Computer Network, e.g., many DBSs over a LAN or many DBSs over a WAN update related functions of participating DBSs (e.g., no updates, nonatomic transitions, atomic updates).