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file locking

describes a mechanism that restricts access to a computer file
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file locking

Summary

file locking ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (81 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • file locking's subclass of is recorded as file operation[2].
  • file locking's subclass of is recorded as lock[3].
  • file locking's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04_q5h[4].
  • file locking's facet of is recorded as operating system[5].
  • file locking's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2776033464[6].

Why It Matters

file locking ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (81 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7]

Related Entities

operating system

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). file locking. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/file-locking
MLA “file locking.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/file-locking.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_file-locking_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{file locking}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/file-locking}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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