deadlocking
deadlocking is the present participle and gerund of deadlock.
Meaning of deadlock
Verb
deadlock (third-person singular simple present deadlocks, present participle deadlocking, simple past and past participle deadlocked)
- 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...2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, chapter 6, in Illusion of Order
- 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
Adjective
deadlocking (not comparable)
- Operating by means of a deadlock or deadbolt.
Questions about deadlocking
- What does deadlocking mean?
- Deadlocking means operating by means of a deadlock or deadbolt.
- What is deadlocking the present participle and gerund of?
- Deadlocking is the present participle and gerund of deadlock.
- What part of speech is deadlocking?
- Deadlocking is an adjective.
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