Locking may refer to: *

Locking (computer science) In computer science, a lock or mutex (from mutual exclusion) is a synchronization primitive: a mechanism that enforces limits on access to a resource when there are many threads of execution. A lock is designed to enforce a mutual exclusion concu ...

* Locking, Somerset, a village and civil parish in the United Kingdom **

RAF Locking RAF Locking was a Royal Air Force station near the village of Locking and about 3 miles from Weston-super-Mare in North Somerset, England. No 5 School of Technical Training RAF Locking was opened as a training unit in 1939 as No.5 School o ...

, a former Royal Air Force base ** Locking Castle, a former castle * Brian Locking (born 1938), rock guitarist * Norm Locking (1911–1995), National Hockey League player *

Locking (dance) Locking is a style of funk dance, which is today also associated with hip hop. The name is based on the concept of ''locking'' movements, which means freezing from a fast movement and "locking" in a certain position, holding that position for a s ...

, a style of funk dance invented in the early 1970s * Prevention of a screw thread from turning when undesired

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