Lockdown vs Shutdown - What's the difference?
lockdown | shutdown |
(in an institution, such as a prison or school ) The confinement of people in their own rooms (or cells) as a security measure after a disturbance
(US) A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting.
The action of stopping operations; a closing, of a computer, business, event, etc.
A statement, insult, etc. that prevents the opponent from replying further.
As nouns the difference between lockdown and shutdown
is that lockdown is (in an institution, such as a prison or school) The confinement of people in their own rooms (or cells) as a security measure after a disturbance while shutdown is the action of stopping operations; a closing, of a computer, business, event, etc.lockdown
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(wikipedia lockdown) (en noun)shutdown
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(en noun)- You need to enter your password at startup, but it's not required at shutdown .
- When he insulted me, my reply was such a shutdown he ceased his insults.