Lock - Technology

Technology

  • Digital rights management (DRM), a computer means of preventing duplication or re-distribution of computer-sensible data or computer programs, in particular, computer games and electronic media.
  • Lock (computer science), a bookkeeping object used to serialize concurrent access
  • Lock (database), a feature used when multiple users access a database concurrently
  • Lock (weapons guidance), an indication the missile seeker system has an acquisition fix
  • SIM lock, a restriction on mobile phones to work only in certain countries or with certain providers
  • File locking

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