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deadlocking

/ˈdɛdlɒkɪŋ/ noun · British & US
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What does deadlocking mean?

noun

A situation in which two or more processes or threads are unable to proceed because each is waiting for the other to release a resource. In computing, a deadlock is a state in which two or more processes are unable to continue executing because each is waiting for the other to release a resource.

Example

"The system crashed due to a deadlock between the database and the network threads."

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