thundering herd

== English == === Noun === thundering herd (uncountable) (computing theory) The undesirable situation where a large number of processes waiting for an event are awoken whenever the event occurs, and then engage in a conflict over which process handles the event. === Further reading === Eric S[teven] Raymond, editor (29 December 2003), “thundering herd problem”, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.