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lockup Definition

lock·up (-up′)

noun

  1. the act of locking up
  2. a being locked up, as in jail
  3. a jail

lockup Synonyms

lockup

n.

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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