livelock
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(ca. 1971) live + lock; punning antonym for deadlock.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (UK) (file) - Hyphenation: live‧lock
Noun[edit]
livelock (countable and uncountable, plural livelocks)
- (computing) A state resembling deadlock in which various computational processes are constantly changing but never reach a point where any of them can proceed.
Verb[edit]
livelock (third-person singular simple present livelocks, present participle livelocking, simple past and past participle livelocked)
References[edit]
- “livelock”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.