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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>livelock</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../L.html" title="L"/><link rel="previous" href="Live-Free-Or-Die-.html" title="Live Free Or Die!"/><link rel="next" href="liveware.html" title="liveware"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">livelock</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Live-Free-Or-Die-.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">L</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="liveware.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="livelock"/><dt xmlns="" id="livelock"><b>livelock</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/li:v´lok/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> A situation in which some critical stage of a task is unable to
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