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 Definitions of deadlock  [ˈdɛdˌlɒk]  

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Definition of 'deadlock' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) deadlock
a state, as in negotiations, in which progress halts, due esp. to the intransigence of opposing forces; stalemate.

2.  deadlock
(in sports) a tied score.

3.  deadlock
a maximum-security cell for the solitary confinement of a prisoner.

4. (v.i.) deadlock
to bring or come to a deadlock.

Etymology:  (1770–80)

Definition of 'deadlock' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) deadlock, dead end, impasse, stalemate, standstill
a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible
"reached an impasse on the negotiations"


Definition of 'deadlock' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) deadlock
a lock which is not self-latching, but requires a key to throw the bolt forward

2. (noun) deadlock
a counteraction of things, which produces an entire stoppage; a complete obstruction of action


Definitions of 'deadlock' The New Hacker's Dictionary 

1.  deadlock
1. [techspeak] A situation wherein two or more processes are unable to proceed because each is waiting for one of the others to do something. A common example is a program communicating to a server, which may find itself waiting for output from the server before sending anything more to it, while the server is similarly waiting for more input from the controlling program before outputting anything. (It is reported that this particular flavor of deadlock is sometimes called a starvation deadlock, though the term starvation is more properly used for situations where a program can never run simply because it never gets high enough priority. Another common flavor is constipation, in which each process is trying to send stuff to the other but all buffers are full because nobody is reading anything.) See deadly embrace.

2. Also used of deadlock-like interactions between humans, as when two people meet in a narrow corridor, and each tries to be polite by moving aside to let the other pass, but they end up swaying from side to side without making any progress because they always move the same way at the same time.


Translation of 'deadlock' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a situation in which no further progress towards an agreement is possible
Talks between the two sides ended in deadlock.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: dooie punt Arabic flag Arabic: طريق مَسْدود / فَشَل Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: застой
Brazilian flag Brazilian: impasse Czech flag Czech: mrtvý bod German flag German: das Patt
Danish flag Danish: hårdknude; fastlåst situa Greek flag Greek: πλήρες αδιέξοδο Spanish flag Spanish: punto muerto, impasse
Estonian flag Estonian: ummik Farsi flag Farsi: بن بست Finnish flag Finnish: umpikuja
French flag French: impasse Hebrew flag Hebrew: קִפָּאוֹן @@@קִיפָּאוֹן$$ Hindi flag Hindi: गतिरोध
Croatian flag Croatian: zastoj, mrtva točka Hungarian flag Hungarian: holtpont Indonesian flag Indonesian: kebuntuan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: þrátefli; sjálfhelda Italian flag Italian: punto morto Japanese flag Japanese: 行き詰まり
Korean flag Korean: 교착상태 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: aklavietė Latvian flag Latvian: bezizejas stāvoklis; stru
Malay flag Malay: kebuntuan Dutch flag Dutch: impasse Norwegian flag Norwegian: fastlåst situasjon
Polish flag Polish: impas, martwy punkt Persian flag Persian: بن بست Pashto flag Pashto: ځنډ، ټال، دمخالفو اشخصو ي
Portuguese flag Portuguese: impasse Romanian flag Romanian: impas Russian flag Russian: безвыходное положение, ту
Slovak flag Slovak: mŕtvy bod Slovenian flag Slovenian: mrtva točka Serbian flag Serbian: pat pozicija
Swedish flag Swedish: dödläge, baklås, stopp Thai flag Thai: ความล้มเหลวในการแก้ไขความ Turkish flag Turkish: çıkmaz
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 僵局 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: безвихідь Urdu flag Urdu: ایسی حالت جب کسی عام اتفا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự bế tắc Chinese flag Chinese: 僵局

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