locking

SayLOK-ingUS/ˈlɑkɪŋ//ˈlɒkɪŋ/

3 meanings of locking

1
noun
Gerund of lock. Use it to name the act of locking something.
The locking of the door takes only a second.
Staff are responsible for the locking of the gates at night.
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2
verb
Present participle of lock. Use this form for something happening right now.
He is locking up the shop for the night.
They are locking the gates right now.
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3
noununcountable
A way to let only one program use part of the code at a time, so they do not clash.
Like a bathroom with one key: only one person can be inside at a time, and everyone else waits.
The program uses locking to keep two users from changing the file at once.
Without locking, two processes might write to the same memory and cause errors.
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Origin

This word comes from "lock" plus the ending "-ing".