Definition of locking Locking

/lɑˈkɪŋ/ - [laking] -

We found 6 definitions of locking from 4 different sources.

What does locking mean?

Noun Plural: lockings
locking - the act of locking something up to protect it
		lockup
		protection payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence; "every store in the neighborhood had to pay him protection"

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locking (Noun)
The act by which something is locked.
locking (Noun)
Using a lock or a mutex to restrict the access to a part of a code to at most one process.
locking (Verb)
Present participle of lock.