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 concur ...

* 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 Brian Locking (22 December 1938 – 8 October 2020) was an English musician and songwriter known for his brief tenure as bassist with '' The Wildcats'' in 1956 and The Shadows, between 1962 and 1963. During his time with the Shadows he appeare ...

(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 ...

, a style of funk dance invented in the early 1970s * Prevention of a

screw thread A screw thread, often shortened to thread, is a helical structure used to convert between rotational and linear movement or force. A screw thread is a ridge wrapped around a cylinder or cone in the form of a helix, with the former being called ...

from turning when undesired

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