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lock·up (-up′)
noun
- the act of locking up
- a being locked up, as in jail
- a jail
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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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.
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.
Noun used with modifier
- system: Faulty or blown capacitors can cause RAM memory corruption and system lockups.
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