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futex.7: NPTL, avoid abbreviation 

The abbreviation NPTL cannot be assumed to be common knowledge
of all readers of futex.7.

pthread.7 has details about the NPTL pthreads implementation.

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ but restricts itself to issues relevant for
application and library development.
Most programmers will in fact not be using futexes directly but will
instead rely on system libraries built on them,
such as the NPTL pthreads implementation.
such as the Native POSIX Thread Library (NPTL) (see
.BR pthreads (7)).
.PP
A futex is identified by a piece of memory which can be
shared between processes or threads.