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lockdown

8 4.1

A state when a computer or network cannot be used normally to stop hacking

noun
/ˈlɑkˌdaʊn/

Specialized

: bloqueo

Implement lockdown procedures immediately to secure the network.
lockdown mode

So Optane works really well with platform lockdown limitations.

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Examples

The threat forced buildings in the west metro district to go on lockdown Wednesday.
I need total security lockdown, now!

The Lego Batman Movie (2017)
The projects remain under secure lockdown.

Asteroid City (2023)
The building's on total lockdown.

Survivor (2015)
Man over P.A.: This is a security lockdown.

The Terror Experiment (2010)
That's why the OSS shut the experiment down and placed the device in Level 13 lockdown, where it remains today.

Spy Kids: All the Time in the World (2011)
Termination of lockdown requires reboot of backup computer system.

Nuclear Hurricane (2007)
Initiating lockdown sequence.

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015)
The station's mainframe is offline, but the emergency lockdown systems are still active.

Synonyms

in quarantine

vslockdown

Specialized

1 5.8

A file or program kept apart so it cannot run and harm the computer

applies systemwide restricting many functions to prevent tampering or data loss

Antonyms

access

∞ 2.6

The right to enter and use something like a building or online service

How Protective

counter-sabotage

Specialized

8.2

lockdown

Specialized

8 4.1

hardening

Specialized

1 5.7

surveillance

Specialized

526 6.2

security measure

Specialized

4 3.1

Surface Forms

lockdown singular

lockdowns plural

Morphology

lockdown = lock (transparent) = down + lock

The technical sense is a metaphorical extension of 'lock' + 'down' (restricting access/functionality) and remains directly inferable from the components. [Postprocessing: moved 'down' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Lockdown for computers uses the same image: lock ('close') and down ('stop'), like closing access so no one can get in or change things; so a system in lockdown has many functions blocked to keep data and devices safe.