A race condition or race hazard occurs in electronics, software, or other system when the system's behavior depends on the timing or order of uncontrollable events, leading to unpredictable outcomes. In software, race conditions occur when multiple threads or processes attempt to access or change a variable, file, or other resource at the same time without proper synchronization.[1] In logic circuits, race conditions arise when signals traveling along different paths reach a component at different times, resulting in unexpected outputs.