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Explain the term "deadlock" as used in operating systems

      

Explain the term "deadlock" as used in operating systems

  

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Isaac
This is a situation whereby a particular task holds onto a needed resource required by other tasks and refuses to release it for use by other tasks.

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A deadlock is a situation where a particular job holding a requested resource fails to realease it.
Also can be defined as a set of blocked processes each holding a resource and waiting it to acquire a resource hold by another process.
isaacmuthini answered the question on December 18, 2017 at 13:17


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