Deadly embrace

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deadly embrace

Usage: n.

deadly embrace: n.

Same as deadlock, though usually used only when exactly two processes are involved. This is the more popular term in Europe, while deadlock predominates in the United States.

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Sources

Source: deadly embrace, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.

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