Definicija: A short-term synchronization object protecting actions that need not be locked for the life of a transaction. A latch is primarily used to protect a row that the storage engine is actively transferring from a base table or index to the relational engine.
Definicija: A lock that prevents any other transaction from acquiring a lock on a resource until the original lock on the resource is released at the end of the transaction.
Definicija: A lock that is used to lock ranges between records in a table to prevent phantom additions to, or deletions from, a set of records. Ensures serializable transactions.
Definicija: A locking mechanism associated with a global data structure. This mechanism ensures that only one thread can get access to the data structure at any given time.
Definicija: A computer that is highly secured so that most users and processes cannot change characteristics of the computer, applications, or files on the computer. Clients are often locked down to enforce standards and to prevent damage due to malicious processes or user error.
Definicija: A Windows security feature that locks a user account if a number of failed logon attempts occur within a specified amount of time, based on security policy lockout settings. Locked accounts cannot log on.
Definicija: An operating system mechanism that prevents a file that is used in one process from being accessed, modified, or deleted from another process.
Definicija: A type of locking in which the page containing one or more records, including the record being edited, is unavailable to other users when you use the Edit method, and remains unavailable until you use the Update method.
Definicija: A mode in which the computer is not under the control of the operating system; rather, the boot sequence is halted at a firmware screen and the user is told to call customer support.
Definicija: A user account whose user profile settings return to a state defined by Windows SteadyState every time a user logs on to the account; no matter where the user profile settings are physically located.
Definicija: A type of phone lock that original equipment manufacturers embed into their mobile phones at the request of mobile phone operators to prevent their use on a cellular network other than the one for which the phone was originally intended.
Definicija: A Windows security feature for Internet Explorer that secures the Local Machine Zone by tightening restrictions on several URL actions. Any time one of these URL actions is attempted, a new security user interface (UI) element, called the Information Bar, appears. The user can click the Information Bar to remove the lockdown from the restricted content.