Lock
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Lock may refer to:
- Lock (device), a mechanical device used to keep a door or any other barrier closed.
- One of the rugby union positions or rugby league positions.
- Lock (Rugby League) a player position in Rugby League.
- Lock (Rugby Union) a player position in Rugby Union.
- Short name for joint locks or grappling holds in combat sports.
- Lock (firearm), the ignition mechanism used on early projectile weapons.
- Lock (water transport), an enclosure in a navigable canal or river which enables ships and boats to pass between sections of the waterway at different levels.
- Lock (computer science), a bookkeeping object associated with a piece of data that is used to serialize concurrent access.
- Lock (telemetry), when the output data and clock signals match those of an input signal transmitted and sent through a bit synchronizer, a device that establishes a series of clock pulses which are synchronous to the incoming signal.
- Lock (spacecraft), a positional fix on another object, or it can mean lock on telemetry data.
- Lock (weapons guidance), an indication the missile seeker system has a suitable or adequate acquisition fix to hit successfully if launched.
- a lock of hair, a tuft or small bundle of hair
- lovelock
- Goldilocks, and the three bears.
- the -lock suffix
personal names
placenames
proper names and brands
- Lock (Saga of the Skolian empire), a sentient machine in the novels by Catherine Asaro.
- "Locked," a song my Mutha's Day Out
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