Semaphore and Spinlock

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[ Semaphores are a bit like spinlocks, except the holder of a semaphore is a process, not a CPU. ]
This is a very first line that is bein written on the description of semaphore on kernel newbies.So what are the different parameter 
that could justify this statement or the way it could be justified and understood.

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