locking

Etymology
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Noun

 * : the act by which something is locked.
 * 1)  The use of a lock or a mutex to restrict access to a part of the code to at most one process.
 * 1)  The use of a lock or a mutex to restrict access to a part of the code to at most one process.

Translations

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 * German: Locking
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