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Livelock vs Livelocked - What's the difference?

livelock | livelocked |

In computing|lang=en terms the difference between livelock and livelocked

is that livelock is (computing) a condition resembling deadlock in which various computational processes are constantly changing but never reach a point where any of them can proceed while livelocked is (computing) unable to proceed because of livelock.

As a noun livelock

is (computing) a condition resembling deadlock in which various computational processes are constantly changing but never reach a point where any of them can proceed.

As an adjective livelocked is

(computing) unable to proceed because of livelock.

livelock

English

Noun

  • (computing) A condition resembling deadlock in which various computational processes are constantly changing but never reach a point where any of them can proceed.
  • * 2003 , Mark Pearce, Comprehensive VB .NET Debugging , ISBN 9781590590508, p. 439 (Google preview):
    • A process is considered to be in a state of livelock when thread code is still executing, but two or more threads are in a never-ending cycle with each other and no useful work is being done.

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    livelocked

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (computing) Unable to proceed because of livelock.