lockup
lockup
Definition
lock·up (-up′)
noun
- the act of locking up
- a being locked up, as in jail
- a jail
lockup
Synonyms
lockup Finance Definition
A
restriction made when giving shares in an initial public offering that limits
when the buyer can sell the shares after the IPO begins trading.
lockup
Usage Examples
Preposition: after
- rebooting: Computer lockups after rebooting from Windows Printing System driver installation.
Converse of object
- cause: If the Humax was trying to record whilst a file was transferring this may have caused the lockup.
- get: I was getting strange lockups on loading Windows, and sometimes just before the IDE devices initialized on the initial bios screen.
- have: Since putting on standby all the time when not in use have not had another lockup.
- suffer: Unless the box is overheating you should not have to suffer lockups.
- stop: Posted by: keithatrochdale May 31 2006, 08:08 AM Hi The new software should stop the lockups.
- cure: Hopefully these will cure the lockups I was experiencing with the earlier driver.
Adjective modifier
- occasional: Bad points are slowness, occasional lockups and one crash.
Modifies a noun
- garage: I'm looking for storage space - about the size of a lockup garage.
- shop: The postal directory will also fill in other missing gaps: uninhabited houses might be lockup shops or small factories.
Noun used with modifier
- system: Faulty or blown capacitors can cause RAM memory corruption and system lockups.
- mirror: It does have mirror lockup - good for the Moon - and a brilliant focusing system.
- pointer: But I've never experienced " pointer lockups and such " .
- computer: Computer lockups after rebooting from Windows Printing System driver installation.
- software: After extensive testing, they determined that the motor protectors developed a software lockup after a power transient.
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