LOCK

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Lock may refer to:

• Lock (device), a mechanical device used to fasten a door for example.
  • Bored cylindrical lock
  • Combination lock
  • Electronic lock
  • Ignition lock
  • Lock pick
  • Locksmithing
  • Mortice lock
  • Padlock
• Matthias Lock, a person
• Lock (firearm), the ignition mechanism used on early projectile weapons.
  • Snaplock
  • Flintlock
  • Matchlock
• Lock (water transport), an enclosure in a canal or a river used to raise or lower the water level for ships and boats passing through.
• Dreadlocks, commonly called locks or dreads.
• Lock (computer science), a bookkeeping object associated with a piece of data that is used to serialize concurrent access.
• Lock (Saga of the Skolian empire), a sentient machine in the novels by Catherine Asaro.
• Goldilocks, and the three bears.
• A tuft or small bundle of hair.
• A grappling hold, such as a head lock.
• One of the rugby union positions or rugby league positions.
• 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 aquisition fix to hit successfully if launched.

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