死锁 (sǐsuǒ): deadlock (computing, concurrency)

Meanings

1 deadlock (computing, concurrency)

Characters

死

Examples

两个线程互相等待，形成了死锁。

Liǎng ge xiànchéng hùxiāng děngdài, xíngchéng le sǐsuǒ.

The two threads are waiting for each other, creating a deadlock.

设计锁的顺序可以避免死锁。

Shèjì suǒ de shùnxù kěyǐ bìmiǎn sǐsuǒ.

Designing a lock ordering can avoid deadlock.

Tips

memory

死 (dead) + 锁 (lock) — a lock that's permanently stuck. Each party holds one key and needs the other; nobody can move. Very visual and easy to remember.

usage

Standard in operating systems and concurrent programming. 死 in this compound is the 'frozen / stuck' sense, same as in 死循环 (infinite loop), 死机 (system crash/freeze).