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Computer mechanism
File locking is a mechanism that restricts access to a computer file, or to a region of a file, by allowing only one user or process to modify or delete
File_locking
Topics referred to by the same term
access a database concurrently Lock screen File locking, a mechanism that restricts access to a computer file SIM lock, a restriction on mobile phones
Lock
Family of email-related file formats
enable message file locking, including fcntl() and lockf(). This does not work well with network mounted file systems, such as the Network File System (NFS)
Mbox
Managing versions of source code or data
is unlocked. Locking can be supported by the version control system, or via informal communications between developers (aka social locking). Similar to
Version_control
Network communication protocol for providing shared access to resources
controller. SMB supports opportunistic locking (see below) on files in order to improve performance. Opportunistic locking support has changed with each Windows
Server_Message_Block
Distributed file system protocol
Note: the byte-range advisory Network Lock Manager (NLM) protocol (added to support UNIX System V file locking APIs) the remote quota-reporting (RQUOTAD)
Network_File_System
Synchronization mechanism for enforcing limits on access to a resource
process/thread will request a lock held by the other. (For example, locking a row rather than the entire table, or locking a cell rather than the entire
Lock_(computer_science)
Computer filing system
directory structure or file metadata. For instance, file locking cannot prevent TOCTTOU race conditions on symbolic links. File locking also cannot automatically
File_system
Software organization of the Michigan Terminal System
to lock names allowed the "file" locking routines to be used to implement record level locking between tasks accessing the centrally managed file *MESSAGES
MTS_system_architecture
System resource identifier in operating systems
computer operating systems, a file descriptor (FD, less frequently fildes) is a process-unique identifier (handle) for a file or other input/output resource
File_descriptor
coherency between participating computers. The DLM is used not only for file locking but also for coordination of all disk access. VMScluster, the first clustering
Distributed_lock_manager
Solution for concurrent database access
called deadlock. Deadlock is possible when incremental locking (locking one entity, then locking one or more additional entities) is used. To illustrate
Record_locking
Class of software bugs
version of Windows. File locking is a common technique for preventing race conditions for a single file, but it does not extend to the file system namespace
Time-of-check_to_time-of-use
File system for computers
the file itself. A consequence of the file locking strategy is that AFS does not support large shared databases or record updating within files shared
Andrew_File_System
E-mail format
these files. Maildir was designed by Daniel J. Bernstein circa 1995, with a major goal of eliminating the need for program code to handle file locking and
Maildir
device with existing identities. It provides software, with distributed file locking, and sync-on-demand. The company was initially founded to integrate cloud
Gladinet
Malicious software used in ransom demands
Retrieved 23 December 2013. "Encryption goof fixed in TorrentLocker file-locking malware". PC World. 17 September 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014. "Cryptolocker
Ransomware
Computer network protocol
supports Unicode file names, POSIX and access-control list permissions, resource forks, named extended attributes, and advanced file locking. AFP versions
Apple_Filing_Protocol
Free software for cloud computing
free and open-source software project for content collaboration, file-sharing, and file-syncing. It's usable in distributed and federated enterprise scenarios
OwnCloud
Synchronization primitive in computing
(programming) Mutual exclusion Scheduler pattern Balking pattern File locking Lock (computer science) Readers–writers problem This is the standard "wait"
Readers–writer_lock
Topics referred to by the same term
discontinued web browser Flock system call, used for computer file locking F-Lock, a function lock key on a computer keyboard FlockDB, an open-source graph
Flock
Shared disk file system
StorNext file system installed, these computers can read and write to the same storage volume at the same time enabling what is known as a "file-locking SAN
StorNext_File_System
Free and open-source software versioning and revision control system
svn:needs-lock Specifies that a file is to be checked out with file permissions set to read-only. This is designed for use with the locking mechanism
Apache_Subversion
State in which members are blocking each other
algorithm Catch-22 (logic) Circular reference Dining philosophers problem File locking Global state (computer science) Gridlock (in vehicular traffic) Hang
Deadlock_(computer_science)
American software company
and has a range of features including viewing of all major CAD file formats, file locking, local folder sync, model comparison, and management of bill of
GrabCAD
list of notable file synchronization software. This is a comparison of the freeware (proprietary software released free of charge) file synchronization
Comparison of file synchronization software
Comparison_of_file_synchronization_software
Computer program for sharing resources
supports access controls and record and file locking of remote files in a transparent manner as if the shared files are local. This permitted binary application
Remote_File_Sharing
Computer problem
can still be accessed once the original is overwritten. File locking, which limits the file to one editor at a time to prevent edit conflicts. Computer
Edit_conflict
Switching costs inhibiting a change of vendor
APIs." Microsoft's application software also exhibits lock-in through the use of proprietary file formats. Microsoft Outlook uses a proprietary, publicly
Vendor_lock-in
Effect on frequency of interacting oscillators
"Injection Locking and Pulling" Injection pulling and locking heard alternatively when one oscillator of two sweeps in frequency Problems playing this file? See
Injection_locking
Discontinued family of computer operating systems
the extra price. MP/M II 2.0 added file sharing capabilities in 1981, MP/M II 2.1 came with extended file locking in January 1982. Versions: MP/M 1.0
MP/M
Protected section of code that cannot be executed by more than one process at a time
access or update operations on a file is executing a critical section that must be guarded with an appropriate file locking mechanism. Database transaction
Critical_section
When a system's behavior depends on timing of uncontrollable events
attempts to modify or access a file system, which can result in data corruption or privilege escalation. File locking provides a commonly used solution
Race_condition
Logical volume management system
the LVM's part, HA-LVM can use CLVM as a locking mechanism, or can continue to use the default file locking and reduce "collisions" by restricting access
Logical Volume Manager (Linux)
Logical_Volume_Manager_(Linux)
Open-source, cross-platform file-hosting software system
authentication The additional features of the professional edition include: File locking Full text search MS Office document preview and office web app integration
Seafile
nonsensical data in the repository. Lock, changes are disallowed until the user requests and receives an exclusive lock on the file from the master repository
Comparison of version-control software
Comparison_of_version-control_software
In a database, locking objects that contain other objects
granularity locking (MGL) is a locking method used in database management systems (DBMS) and relational databases. In multiple granularity locking, locks are
Multiple_granularity_locking
Clustered file system
implementing per-file locking. SCSI reservations are only implemented when logical unit number (LUN) metadata is updated (e.g. file name change, file size change
VMware_VMFS
Version control software
summarized as: improvements in merge, native support for large files and projects, optional file-locking, can work distributed and centralized. There are differences
Unity_Version_Control
Early commercial UNIX operating system
4 added demand paging, copy-on-write, shared memory, and record and file locking. The concept of the "porting base" was formalized, and the DEC VAX-11/780
UNIX_System_V
Criminal hacking organization
disruption and restore file access. LockBit malware was previously known as ".abcd", after the file extension that was added to encrypted files as they were made
LockBit
Compound document file format
Stream Sector – contains arbitrary file data Range Lock Sector – contains the byte-range locking area of a large file More detail is given below for the
Compound_File_Binary_Format
Data structure in a Unix file system
(index node) is a data structure in a Unix-style file system that describes a file-system object such as a file or a directory. Each inode stores the attributes
Inode
interactive file chooser; backup files (optionally versioned), file locking and recovery files which are interoperable with other editors, and file change
Mined_(text_editor)
Unix variant developed by the Columbus, Ohio branch of Bell Labs
Research Unix, notably the lack of interprocess communication (IPC) and file locking, considered essential for a database management system. Several Bell
CB_UNIX
Server Transaction Locking and Row Versioning Guide". technet.microsoft.com. "MySQL :: MySQL 5.6 Reference Manual :: 8.10.1 Internal Locking Methods". Archived
Comparison of relational database management systems
Comparison_of_relational_database_management_systems
to data in remote files. This lowers latency by reducing the number of steps needed to process and transfer remote data. File locking is cached on the
Direct_Access_File_System
Microsoft Unix operating system
Its kernel featured some original extensions by Microsoft, notably file locking and semaphores, while to the userland Microsoft added a "visual shell"
Xenix
Storage cluster management software
UNIX) and Windows cluster file system with full cluster-wide file and memory mapped I/O cache coherency and file locking. ACFS provides direct I/O for
Oracle_Cloud_File_System
File system
write-exclusive locking to files, which avoids data inconsistencies but imposes write serialization at the file level. The CIO option disables this locking. Applications
JFS_(file_system)
Shared-disk file system for Linux computer clusters
In computing, the Global File System 2 (GFS2) is a shared-disk file system for Linux computer clusters. GFS2 allows all members of a cluster to have direct
GFS2
Type of digital rights management
regional locking; however, NTSC games can display wrong colors, slow speed and sound on PAL systems, and vice versa. The Atari 7800 has regional locking on
Regional_lockout
remote store device. Open file backup the ability to back up a file while it is in use by another application. See File locking. Remote store backing up
Glossary_of_backup_terms
Database engine built by Microsoft
uses for locking: pessimistic locking, and optimistic locking. With pessimistic locking, the record or page is locked immediately when the lock is requested
Access_Database_Engine
Microsoft Windows security sub-system
that has no file lock to prevent it getting overwritten causes Windows immediately and silently to restore the original copy of the file. The original
Windows_File_Protection
Software architecture
managing remote files: creating, clearing, and deleting files, copying, loading, and unloading the data of a file, locking and unlocking files, obtaining and
Distributed Data Management Architecture
Distributed_Data_Management_Architecture
Version control operation
program, and was the central innovation that allowed the switch from file-locking based revision control systems to merge-based revision control systems
Merge_(version_control)
Several Microsoft email products
instead, using a local file (.MMF) as storage. While this storage could be located on a file server, the various file locking issues meant a user could
Microsoft_Mail
American business software company (1980–1996)
area networking (LAN) environment utilizing rudimentary file locking (but not record locking) via NetBIOS on such as Novell's NetWare, or Banyan VINES
Software Publishing Corporation
Software_Publishing_Corporation
Electronic control system
recovery Charge-pump phase-locked loop Circle map – A simple mathematical model of the phase-locked loop showing both mode-locking and chaotic behavior. Costas
Phase-locked_loop
American identity theft protection software
Exchange beginning on October 3, 2012, trading under the symbol LOCK. LifeLock filed a form with the Securities and Exchange Commission to voluntarily
LifeLock
Topics referred to by the same term
digest code, cryptographic hash value Metadata controller, which manages file locking, space allocation and data access authorization in a storage area network
MDC
Computer data storage architecture that manages data as objects
NAS file access and sharing; it does not support the locking and sharing mechanisms needed to maintain a single, accurately updated version of a file. Jim
Object_storage
DOS that allows software to perform file locks. Locking files became necessary when MS-DOS began allowing files to be accessed simultaneously by multiple
Share_(command)
Collaborative software platform
relational features. Notes does not support atomic transactions, and its file locking is rudimentary. Notes is a document-oriented database (document-based
HCL_Notes
Mechanical device used to change the pitch of guitar strings
addition of a second lock on the bridge nut, making a double locking tremolo system that was more complex to set up. The double locking design is sometimes
Vibrato_systems_for_guitar
HTTP extension for collaborative editing
resources. Lastly, overwrite protection handles aspects related to the locking of files. It takes advantage of existing technologies such as Transport Layer
WebDAV
Microsoft Windows file manager application
File Explorer, previously known as Windows Explorer, is a file manager application and default desktop environment that is included with releases of the
File_Explorer
Operating system
(semaphores, message queues and shared memory). BSD file locking mechanism (POSIX restricted to whole file and advisory only). Virtual memory splits (user/kernel):
Fiwix
Database management system
FileMaker is a cross-platform relational database application developed by Claris International, a subsidiary of Apple. It integrates a database engine
FileMaker
File format used to present documents
Portable Document Format (PDF), standardized as ISO 32000, is a file format developed by Adobe in 1993 used to present documents, including text formatting
Early personal computer by Durango Systems Corporation
Indexed Sequential (ISAM) file system and per-task file locking, or alternatively CP/M-80. DX-85M used a text configuration file named CONFIG.SYS five years
Durango_F-85
Network filesystem client
transfer application, multi-user file locking, search and version management. New features include improved performance and file versioning. An increased list
ExpanDrive
Former RAF station in Somerset, England
RAF Locking was a Royal Air Force station near the village of Locking and about 3 miles (4.8 km) from Weston-super-Mare in North Somerset, England. During
RAF_Locking
Proprietary file system developed by Microsoft
and locking mechanisms. Internally, NTFS uses B-trees to index file system data. A file system journal is used to guarantee the integrity of the file system
NTFS
alternative to a lock for resource serialization. A traditional resource lock is granted until it is explicitly released by the locking client process.
Lease_(computer_science)
Storage operating system
FlexCache allows serving NAS data across multiple global sites with file locking mechanisms. FlexCache volumes can cache reads, writes, and metadata.
ONTAP
Defunct American computer company
invention of Ethernet. Used to share drives and printers across a LAN with file locking built into the ZeDoS Staff writer (November 8, 1979). "Provo Computer
Zeda_Computers
File synchronization concept
awareness of each other, and it is not possible to use file locking to alert the user that the file is already open. Logging onto multiple computers with
Roaming_user_profile
American hybrid cloud storage company
files. Global file lock to ensure that only one user is changing a file at a time. Global file acceleration that optimizes the distribution of files to
Nasuni
Piece of office furniture
A filing cabinet (or sometimes file cabinet in American English) is a piece of office furniture for storing paper documents in file folders. In the most
Filing_cabinet
Windows Bitmap image file format family
The BMP file format, or bitmap, is a raster graphics image file format used to store bitmap digital images, independently of the display device (such
BMP_file_format
Parallel distributed file system
the locking of each object is managed independently for each OST, adding more stripes (one per OST) scales the file I/O locking capacity of the file proportionately
Lustre_(file_system)
Conspiracy theory about first family of the United States
January 20, 2015. Marcotte, Amanda (August 29, 2016). "The Clinton BS Files: 'Lock her up' isn't really about emails – the right's been accusing the Clintons
Clinton body count conspiracy theory
Clinton_body_count_conspiracy_theory
High-performance clustered file system
large directories. Distributed locking. This allows for full POSIX filesystem semantics, including locking for exclusive file access. Partition Aware. A failure
GPFS
Freeware system monitor for Windows
handle or DLL which can be used to identify the process(es) holding a file lock There is an option (in handle context menu) to close a selected handle
Process_Explorer
character encoding Supports binary executables User-level (Advisory) record locking Journaling for fast recovery Extent addressable storage minimizes fragmentation
DataPlow_SAN_File_System
File system structure for locating files
lookup caches. To achieve this, network file systems use a variety of mechanisms: Attribute timeouts Lease-based locking (e.g., NFSv4 delegations) Callback
Directory_(computing)
Standard protocol for transferring files over TCP/IP networks
The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a standard communication protocol used for the transfer of computer files from a server to a client over a computer
File_Transfer_Protocol
systems in Baltimore were seized using RobbinHood that encrypts files with a "file-locking" virus, as well as the tool EternalBlue. June: Riviera Beach,
List of security hacking incidents
List_of_security_hacking_incidents
Cloud-based word processing software
(October 31, 2017). "It's Not Just You: Google Docs Is Mysteriously Locking People Out of Files Today". Fortune. Time Inc. Retrieved December 14, 2017. Locklear
Google_Docs
System and hardware profiling application
monitor, displaying active local network file shares, IP addresses of remote connected users, and real-time file locking statuses. Protocols (KIO Slaves) Lists
KInfoCenter
by hackers using ransomware known as RobbinHood that encrypts files with a "file-locking" virus, as well as the tool EternalBlue. June: The city of Riviera
Timeline of Internet conflicts
Timeline_of_Internet_conflicts
Computer operating system component
administrative permissions, when logging off, clicking switch user, or locking the machine, either a black screen appears or logging in is not possible
Local Security Authority Subsystem Service
Local_Security_Authority_Subsystem_Service
Key on typewriter or computer keyboard
a range. For example, if a file is selected in a list, Shift-clicking on a file further down the list will select the files clicked on plus the ones in
Shift_key
Robustness properties for database transactions
when the transaction commits. Many databases rely upon locking to provide ACID capabilities. Locking means that the transaction marks the data that it accesses
ACID
Computing command
the file's access mode; the file's lock status; the file's device numbers; the file's inode number; the file's size or offset; the name of the file system
Lsof
General Electric mainframe computers
transaction-processing systems, such as journalization and granular file locking. In the early-to-mid-1970s, Mark III adopted a high-reliability cluster
GE-600_series
Windows database that stores users' passwords
kernel obtains and keeps an exclusive filesystem lock on the SAM file, and will not release that lock until the operating system has shut down or a "Blue
Security_Account_Manager
Method for creating, maintaining, and manipulating computer files
functionality. Locking multiple records runs the risk of deadlock unless a deadlock prevention scheme is strictly followed. The problems of locking, and deadlock
ISAM
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Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained; possibly a variant spelling of Vial. Compare Viles.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a short form of the personal name Philip.
Male
English
Middle English name of uncertain origin, but commonly associated with Latin Milo, MILE means "soldier."Â Compare with another form of Mile.
Female
Spanish
Feminine form of Spanish Teófilo, TEÓFILA means "God's friend."
Male
French
French form of Latin Æmilius, ÉMILE means "rival."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : perhaps a variant of Neil.
Male
Spanish
Spanish form of Latin Theophilus, TEÓFILO means "friend of God."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a trapper or nickname for a devious man (see Wiles, of which this is the singular form).Perhaps an Americanized spelling of Weil.
Female
French
French form of Latin Cæcilia, CÉCILE means "blind."Â
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a maker or user of files, from an agent derivative of Middle English file ‘file’.English : occupational name for a spinner, from an agent derivative of Middle English, Old French fil ‘thread’ (Latin filum).English : Americanized spelling of German Feiler, cognate of 1.
Male
Irish
Variant spelling of Irish Mil, possibly MILE means "soldier." Compare with another form of Mile.
Male
Scottish
Scottish surname transferred to forename use, FIFE means "from Fife," a place said to have gotten its name from the legendary Pictish hero Fib.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a clever or elegant man, from Old French fin ‘fine’, ‘delicate’, ‘skilled’, ‘cunning’ (originally a noun from Latin finis ‘end’, ‘extremity’, ‘boundary’, later used also as an adjective in the sense ‘ultimate’, ‘excellent’).Jewish (American) : Americanized spelling of Fein.
Male
Irish
Irish name derived from the word bile, BILE means "sacred tree."Â In mythology, this is the name of a god of healing and light.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name from Anglo-Norman French del isle ‘of the island’, or a habitational name from the common French place names Lisle or Lille, all derived from Old French isle (Latin insula) ‘island’.French : habitational name from the city of Lille, Nord (see 1).
Girl/Female
Muslim
Lover
Boy/Male
Scottish
County name in Scotland.
Girl/Female
Gaelic Irish
Girl/Female
Hindu
From the Nile
Surname or Lastname
English (Devon)
English (Devon) : variant spelling of Pyle.French : of uncertain origin: perhaps from Old French pile ‘trough’, a topographic name for someone who lived in a hollow, or alternatively a habitational name from any of the minor places named with this word.
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Girl/Female
Spanish
Grace. favor.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Honor. Respect.
Girl/Female
German
Noble; Kind
Biblical
desert; solitude; destruction
Boy/Male
Greek
Royal. Kingly. St Basil the Great was Bishop of Caesarea in the latter half of the 4th century....
Girl/Female
American, Australian, French, Hebrew, Scottish
Supplanter; Holder of the Heel; Form of James
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Fawcett.
Male
Italian
Italian form of Hebrew Rephael, RAFFAELLO means "healed of God" or "whom God has healed."
Girl/Female
Muslim
Another name of holy Quran, Good news, Good omens
Boy/Male
Tamil
Powerful, Glory
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n.
An old name for the finest and most costly kind of velvet, having a fine, thick pile.
v. t.
To drive by fire.
v. t.
To cause to explode; as, to fire a torpedo; to disharge; as, to fire a musket or cannon; to fire cannon balls, rockets, etc.
n.
An orderly collection of papers, arranged in sequence or classified for preservation and reference; as, files of letters or of newspapers; this mail brings English files to the 15th instant.
v. t.
To set on fire; to kindle; as, to fire a house or chimney; to fire a pile.
a.
To make fine; to refine; to purify, to clarify; as, to fine gold.
v. t.
To feed or serve the fire of; as, to fire a boiler.
v. i.
To pay a fine. See Fine, n., 3 (b).
v. t.
To bring before a court or legislative body by presenting proper papers in a regular way; as, to file a petition or bill.
v. t.
To rub, smooth, or cut away, with a file; to sharpen with a file; as, to file a saw or a tooth.
n.
One who works with a file.
n.
A funeral pile; a pyre.
v. i.
To play on a fife.
n.
A sieve with fine meshes.
imp. & p. p.
of File
v. t.
To smooth or polish as with a file.
n.
A mass of things heaped together; a heap; as, a pile of stones; a pile of wood.
v. i.
To march in a file or line, as soldiers, not abreast, but one after another; -- generally with off.
superl.
Made of fine materials; light; delicate; as, fine linen or silk.