What is a deadlock and where are deadlocks encountered?
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What is a deadlock and where are deadlocks encountered?
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A deadlock refers to a condition, in which, two or more processes simultaneously wait for each other to complete, as a result of which both, or all of them, as the case may be, hang. Deadlocks are generally encountered in multitasking, multiprocessing, and client-server environments.
Deadlocks are also known as
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