Lock(s) may refer to:
Common meanings
- Lock and key, a mechanical device used to secure items of importance
- Lock (water navigation), a device for boats to transit between different levels of water, as in a canal
Arts and entertainment
- Lock (film), a 2016 Indian Punjabi-language film
- Lock (Saga of the Skolian Empire), a sentient machine in the novels by Catherine Asaro
- Lock (waltz), a dance figure
- Locked (miniseries), Indian web miniseries
- The Lock (Constable), an 1824 painting by John Constable
- The Lock (Fragonard) or The Bolt, a 1777 painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard
- Locks (album), by Garnet Crow, 2008
- Locked (miniseries), an Indian crime thriller miniseries
Fictional characters
- Lock, from The Nightmare Before Christmas
- Lock, from Go! Princess PreCure
People
- Lock (surname)
- Ormer Locklear (1891–1920), American stunt pilot and film actor nicknamed "Lock"
- George Locks (1889–1965), English cricketer
- Lock Martin (1916–1959), stage name of American actor Joseph Lockard Martin, Jr.
Places
- Lock, Ohio, an unincorporated community in the United States
- Lock, South Australia, a small town in the center of the Eyre Peninsula
- Lock Island, an island in the River Thames in England
- Lock Island (Nunavut), an island Peel Sound in Nunavut, Canada
Sports
- Lock (rugby league), a player position in rugby league, known as loose forward in the United Kingdom
- Lock (rugby union), a player position in rugby union
- Lock, any of several grappling holds in wrestling, judo and other martial arts
Technology
Computing
- Lock (computer science), a bookkeeping object used to serialize concurrent access
- Lock (database), a feature used when multiple users access a database concurrently
- File locking, describes a mechanism that restricts access to a computer file
- SIM lock, a restriction on mobile phones to work only in certain countries or with certain providers
Other technologies
- Lock and key, a mechanical device used to secure items of importance
- Lock (firearm), the ignition mechanism of small arms
- Lock (water navigation), a device for boats to transit between different levels of water, as in a canal
- Lock (weapons guidance), missile navigation system's target acquisition fix
- Fermentation lock, a device in beer and wine making that allows carbon dioxide to escape while not allowing air to enter
- Rope lock, a device used in theater fly systems
- Airlock, a compartment for transfer between environments with different atmospheres
Other uses
- Lock of hair, a piece of hair
- Dreadlocks, or locks, rope-like strands of hair formed by locking or braiding
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Lock
- All pages with titles containing Lock
- Loc (disambiguation)
- Lok (disambiguation)
- -lock, an Old English suffix
- Loch, a Gaelic term used in Scotland to describe lakes and other bodies of water
- Lock and Key (disambiguation)
- Locke (disambiguation), a common English surname and place name
- Locker (disambiguation)
- Locking (disambiguation)
- LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe), a peer-to-peer network
- Lox, cured salmon filet
- Unlock (disambiguation)
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