A deadlock is a situation in computing where two or more processes cannot proceed because each is waiting for the other to release a resource. This results in a standstill where none of the involved processes can continue executing. Deadlocks commonly occur in systems that manage shared resources, such as databases, operating systems, and multithreaded applications. ### Key Characteristics of Deadlocks: 1. **Mutual Exclusion**: Resources cannot be shared; they are allotted exclusively to a process.
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