livelock
English
editEtymology
edit(ca. 1971) live + lock; punning antonym for deadlock.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlivelock (countable and uncountable, plural livelocks)
- (computing) A state resembling deadlock in which various computational processes are constantly changing but never reach a point where any of them can proceed.
Verb
editlivelock (third-person singular simple present livelocks, present participle livelocking, simple past and past participle livelocked)
References
edit- “livelock”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.