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livelock noun. A situation where, despite ongoing progress, a project or task is never completed because more work is continually added. "We've got livelock on the Blinkenlight project because Marketing keeps announcing new features." The opposite of deadlock.

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Sociology - General

Posted on June 3, 1996 at 10:10 AM
Updated on June 3, 1996 at 10:10 AM


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