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A Dictionary of the Internet | 2001 | | Copyright

locking The condition that occurs when a TRANSACTION or group of transactions has access to a particular resource in a DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM and other transactions do not. For example, part of a file may be locked while a transaction updates it. If a transaction wants access to a resource that is locked, then it normally has to wait until the resource is released—usually when the transaction that is using it has completed the process it was carrying out.

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Locking

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Locking N. Som. Lockin 1212. ‘Place associated with a man called Locc’, OE pers. name + -ing, or from an OE *locing ‘fold or enclosure’.

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