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title: "What is deadlock?"  
description: "What is deadlock?"  
author: "Pushpendra Singh"  
published: 2010-10-25  
updated: 2020-09-22  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/177/what-is-deadlock  
category: "java"  
tags: ["java"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is deadlock?

Deadlock refers to a specific condition when two or more processes are each waiting for each other to release a resource, or more than two processes are waiting for resources in a circular chain.

## Answers

### Answer by Pushpendra Singh

Deadlock refers to a specific condition when two or more processes are each waiting for each other to release a resource, or more than two processes are waiting for resources in a circular chain.


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