Livelock

Quick meaning: Livelock is a noun meaning (computing) To enter a state of livelock.

Meaning

(computing) To enter a state of livelock.

More Meanings

1. (computing) A state resembling deadlock in which various computational processes are constantly changing but never reach a point where any of them can proceed.

Example Sentences

However, this can lead to livelock—the optimistic analog of indefinite blocking in which methods continuously spin without making any further progress.

A process is considered to be in a state of livelock when thread code is still executing, but two or more threads are in a never-ending cycle with each other and no useful work is being done.

Word Forms

• livelocks
• livelocking
• livelocked

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include deadlock, lockup, softlock, seqlock, locking, lockout.

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