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Meaning of keylock | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. An armlock where the implementer isolates the opponent's arm and torques the shoulder in order to cause pain or injury.
  2. A surname.
  3. A physical lock on the case of a computer, preventing use of the keyboard until unlocked.
    historical
  4. A digital feature used by disc jockeys that locks a track to its original key regardless of changes made to the tempo.

Examples

“We complained in our review of the PC AT that the problem with the keylock is that when you power up with the keylock on, you cannot continue until you unlock the system.”
“The keylock on the front of some more advanced PCs may be locked in the off position, grounding out the keyboard-to-motherboard circuit. Turn the key to the on position.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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