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Add a "free-threaded build" term.
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the :term:`global interpreter lock` which allows only one thread to
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execute Python bytecode at a time. See :pep:`703`.
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free-threaded build
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A build of :term:`CPython` that supports :term:`free threading`,
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configured using the :option:`--disable-gil` option before compilation.
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See :ref:`freethreading-python-howto`.
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free variable
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Formally, as defined in the :ref:`language execution model <bind_names>`, a free
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variable is any variable used in a namespace which is not a local variable in that

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