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lockings

lockings is the plural of locking.

Meaning of locking

Noun

locking (plural lockings)

  1. The use of a lock or a mutex to restrict access to a part of the code to at most one process.

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Questions about lockings

What is lockings the plural of?
Lockings is the plural of locking.

Words near lockings in the dictionary

  1. locking through
  2. locking under
  3. locking up
  4. Lockinge
  5. lockingly
  6. lockings
  7. Lockington
  8. Lockington-Hemington
  9. lockins
  10. Lockist
  11. Lockists

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