deadlock
verb
- to come to an impasse, standstill, stalemate
noun
- state in which members are blocking each other
- a tie score
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈdɛdˌlɒk/ / /ˈdɛdˌlɑk/ / /ˈdedˌlɔk/
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English dead Proto-Indo-European *lewg-der. Proto-Germanic *luką Proto-West Germanic *lok Old English loc Middle English lok English lock English deadlock From dead + lock.
- A standstill resulting from the opposition of two evenly matched forces; a stalemate or impasse.
“The negotiation ended in deadlock, with neither party willing to compromise on the price.”
- An inability to continue due to two programs or devices each requiring a response from the other before completing an operation.
“If synchronization is always performed in least-first order with respect to object tags, then situations can never arise in which one thread has the synchronization lock for x while waiting for y and another has the lock for y while waiting for x. Instead, they will both obtain the locks in the same order, thus avoiding this form of deadlock.”
- Synonym of deadbolt (“type of lock”).
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree English dead Proto-Indo-European *lewg-der. Proto-Germanic *luką Proto-West Germanic *lok Old English loc Middle English lok English lock English deadlock From dead + lock.
- 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 assault after deadlocking twice in three days of deliberation.”
- 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.”