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Definition of deadlock

A condition in which two independent threads of control are blocked, each waiting for the other to take some action.

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Other definitions of deadlock

In operating systems and database applications, a situation in which two or more processes cannot continue because each process is waiting for resources to be freed by the continuation of the other process.

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A situation when two users, each having a lock on one piece of data, attempt to acquire a lock on the other’s piece.

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A situation in which a thread will not relinquish its exclusive access to a critical section.

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A condition under which a transaction cannot proceed

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Unresolved contention for the use of resources.

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