Lock
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Lock may refer to:
- Lock (device), a mechanical device used to fasten a door for example.
- 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.
- Lock (surname)
- Lock (firearm), the ignition mechanism used on early projectile weapons.
- 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.
- 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.
