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deadlock en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈdɛdˌlɒk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈdɛdˌlɑk/ (General-American)
  • /ˈdedˌlɔk/ (Australia)

Etymology

Etymology tree English dead Proto-Indo-European *lewg-der. Proto-Germanic *luką Proto-West Germanic *lok Old English loc Middle English lok English lock English deadlock From dead + lock.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A standstill resulting from the opposition of two evenly matched forces; a stalemate or impasse.
    • The negotiation ended in deadlock, with neither party willing to compromise on the price.
  2. (countable, uncountable) An inability to continue due to two programs or devices each requiring a response from the other before completing an operation.
    • If synchronization is always performed in least-first order with respect to object tags, then situations can never arise in which one thread has the synchronization lock for x while waiting for y and another has the lock for y while waiting for x. Instead, they will both obtain the locks in the same order, thus avoiding this form of deadlock. 2000, Douglas Lea, Concurrent Programming in Java, Addison-Wesley Professional, →ISBN, page 88:
  3. (countable, uncountable) Synonym of deadbolt (“type of lock”).

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
deadlocks Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

starvation · livelock

Deriveds

break the deadlock · antideadlock

Synonyms

deadbolt

Translations (71)

pl martwy punkt (standstill) · fi umpikuja (standstill) · ru мёртвая то́чка (standstill) · bg засто́й (standstill) · it stallo (standstill) · de Verklemmung (computing: inability to continue due to two programs or devices each requiring a response from the other before completing an operation) · de Stillstand (standstill) · sl mrtva točka (standstill) · ru па́товая ситуа́ция (standstill) · pl zastój (standstill) · fr étreinte fatale (computing: inability to continue due to two programs or devices each requiring a response from the other before completing an operation) · ka გამოუვალი მდგომარეობა (standstill) · ko 데드 록 (standstill) · pl zakleszczenie (computing: inability to continue due to two programs or devices each requiring a response from the other before completing an operation) · fr impasse (standstill) · ru взаи́мная блокиро́вка (computing: inability to continue due to two programs or devices each requiring a response from the other before completing an operation) · de toter Punkt (standstill) · cmn 鎖死 /锁死 (computing: inability to continue due to two programs or devices each requiring a response from the other before completing an operation) · fr interblocage (computing: inability to continue due to two programs or devices each requiring a response from the other before completing an operation) · ca bloqueig (standstill) · ja 行き詰まり (standstill) · bg мъ́ртва то́чка (standstill) · el κώλυμα (computing: inability to continue due to two programs or devices each requiring a response from the other before completing an operation) · hu holtpont (standstill) · ja デッドロック (standstill) · sv dödläge (standstill) · ru тупи́к (standstill) · pt impasse (standstill) · es punto muerto (standstill) · es estancamiento (standstill) · tr deadlock (computing: inability to continue due to two programs or devices each requiring a response from the other before completing an operation) · sv baklås (standstill) · ko 데드 록 (computing: inability to continue due to two programs or devices each requiring a response from the other before completing an operation) · it stasi (standstill) · mk за́стој (standstill) · it fermo (standstill) · fi solmu (standstill) · de Deadlock (computing: inability to continue due to two programs or devices each requiring a response from the other before completing an operation) · el αδιέξοδο (standstill) · cs uváznutí (computing: inability to continue due to two programs or devices each requiring a response from the other before completing an operation) · it punto morto (standstill) · es impasse (standstill) · it blocco (standstill) · ja 停滞 (standstill) · sv dödläge (computing: inability to continue due to two programs or devices each requiring a response from the other before completing an operation) · mi whakamāraritanga (standstill) · es callejón sin salida (standstill) · ja 膠着状態 (standstill) · hu patthelyzet (standstill) · cs mrtvý bod (standstill) · cs deadlock (computing: inability to continue due to two programs or devices each requiring a response from the other before completing an operation) · ka ჩიხი (standstill) · es impás (standstill) · mk мр́тва то́чка (standstill) · sk mŕtvy bod (standstill) · ko 교착 상태 (standstill) · ru клинч (standstill) · pl impas (standstill) · cmn 僵局 (standstill) · ru де́длок (computing: inability to continue due to two programs or devices each requiring a response from the other before completing an operation) · tr çıkmaz (standstill) · el στάση (standstill) · tr kilitlenme (computing: inability to continue due to two programs or devices each requiring a response from the other before completing an operation) · bg де́длок (computing: inability to continue due to two programs or devices each requiring a response from the other before completing an operation) · ru засто́й (standstill) · it arresto (standstill) · cmn 死鎖 /死锁 (computing: inability to continue due to two programs or devices each requiring a response from the other before completing an operation) · ja デッドロック (computing: inability to continue due to two programs or devices each requiring a response from the other before completing an operation) · pt deadlock (computing: inability to continue due to two programs or devices each requiring a response from the other before completing an operation) · sv baklås (computing: inability to continue due to two programs or devices each requiring a response from the other before completing an operation) · el σταμάτημα (computing: inability to continue due to two programs or devices each requiring a response from the other before completing an operation)

deadlock en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈdɛdˌlɒk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈdɛdˌlɑk/ (General-American)
  • /ˈdedˌlɔk/ (Australia)

Etymology

Etymology tree English dead Proto-Indo-European *lewg-der. Proto-Germanic *luką Proto-West Germanic *lok Old English loc Middle English lok English lock English deadlock From dead + lock.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To cause or come to a deadlock.
    • A suspect was arrested on November 30 and charged with attempted murder. The evidence against him consisted of two jailhouse informers and an eyewitness who picked him out of a lineup after having identified a different man in an initial photo array. A jury ultimately convicted the suspect of assault after deadlocking twice in three days of deliberation. 2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, chapter 6, in Illusion of Order:
  2. (transitive) To bring to a state of deadlock.
    • Since we cannot solve this problem completely, it may sometimes be better to use explicit locks and risk deadlock if a thread exits unexpectedly. It may be better to have a deadlocked system than to have a corrupted system. 2004, Scott Oaks, Henry Wong, Java Threads, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, page 123:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
deadlocks Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
deadlocking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
deadlocked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
deadlocked Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

deadlockable