Locking may refer to: *

Locking (computer science) In computer science, a lock or mutex (from mutual exclusion) is a synchronization primitive: a mechanism that enforces limits on access to a resource when there are many threads of execution. A lock is designed to enforce a mutual exclusion concu ...

* Locking, Somerset, a village and civil parish in the United Kingdom **

RAF Locking RAF Locking was a Royal Air Force station near the village of Locking and about 3 miles from Weston-super-Mare in North Somerset, England. No 5 School of Technical Training RAF Locking was opened as a training unit in 1939 as No.5 School o ...

, a former Royal Air Force base **

Locking Castle Locking Castle was a castle that once stood on Carberry Hill near the site of RAF Locking in Locking in the North Somerset district of Somerset, England. It has been scheduled as an ancient monument. It was a motte and bailey on Carberry Hill ...

, a former castle * Brian Locking (born 1938), rock guitarist * Norm Locking (1911–1995), National Hockey League player *

Locking (dance) Locking is a style of funk dance, which is today also associated with hip hop. The name is based on the concept of ''locking'' movements, which means freezing from a fast movement and "locking" in a certain position, holding that position for a s ...

, a style of funk dance invented in the early 1970s * Prevention of a screw thread from turning when undesired

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