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lock convoys

lock convoys is the plural of lock convoy.

Meaning of lock convoy

Noun

lock convoy (plural lock convoys)

  1. The undesirable situation where multiple threads of equal priority contend repeatedly for the same lock.

Questions about lock convoys

What is lock convoys the plural of?
Lock convoys is the plural of lock convoy.

Words near lock convoys in the dictionary

  1. locis
  2. lock
  3. lock and load
  4. lock away
  5. lock convoy
  6. lock convoys
  7. lock down
  8. lock eyes
  9. lock gate
  10. lock gates
  11. Lock Haven

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