lock-in

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [lok in]
- /lɒk ɪn/
- /lɒk ɪn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [lok in]
- /lɒk ɪn/

Definitions of lock-in word

noun lock-in an act or instance of becoming unalterable, unmovable, or rigid. 1
noun lock-in commitment, binding, or restriction. 1
noun lock-in late pub closure 1
noun lock-in commercial monopoly 1
noun Technical meaning of lock-in (standard) When an existing standard becomes almost impossible to supersede because of the cost or logistical difficulties involved in convincing all its users to switch something different and, typically, incompatible. The common implication is that the existing standard is notably inferior to other comparable standards developed before or since. Things which have been accused of benefiting from lock-in in the absence of being truly worthwhile include: the QWERTY keyboard; any well-known operating system or programming language you don't like (e.g., see "Unix conspiracy"); every product ever made by Microsoft Corporation; and most currently deployed formats for transmitting or storing data of any kind (especially the Internet Protocol, 7-bit (or even 8-bit) character sets, analog video or audio broadcast formats and nearly any file format). Because of network effects outside of just computer networks, Real World examples of lock-in include the current spelling conventions for writing English (or French, Japanese, Hebrew, Arabic, etc.); the design of American money; the imperial (feet, inches, ounces, etc.) system of measurement; and the various and anachronistic aspects of the internal organisation of any government (e.g., the American Electoral College). 1
noun lock-in Alternative spelling of lock in. 0

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Origin of lock-in

First appearance:

before 1965

One of the 2% newest English words

First recorded in 1965-70; noun use of verb phrase lock in

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Parts of speech for Lock-in

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Lock-in

lock-in popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.