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What (who) is lock-in - definition

WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Lock in; Lock-in; Locked-in; Locked In; Locked In (disambiguation); Locked in (disambiguation); Lock in (disambiguation)

lock-in         
<standard> When an existing standard becomes almost impossible to supersede because of the cost or logistical difficulties involved in convincing all its users to switch something different and, typically, incompatible. The common implication is that the existing standard is notably inferior to other comparable standards developed before or since. Things which have been accused of benefiting from lock-in in the absence of being truly worthwhile include: the QWERTY keyboard; any well-known operating system or programming language you don't like (e.g., see "Unix conspiracy"); every product ever made by Microsoft Corporation; and most currently deployed formats for transmitting or storing data of any kind (especially the Internet Protocol, 7-bit (or even 8-bit) character sets, analog video or audio broadcast formats and nearly any file format). Because of network effects outside of just computer networks, Real World examples of lock-in include the current spelling conventions for writing English (or French, Japanese, Hebrew, Arabic, etc.); the design of American money; the imperial (feet, inches, ounces, etc.) system of measurement; and the various and anachronistic aspects of the internal organisation of any government (e.g., the American Electoral College). (1998-01-15)
lock-in         
¦ noun
1. an arrangement according to which a person or company is obliged to negotiate or trade only with a specific company.
2. Brit. a period during which customers are locked into a bar or pub after closing time to continue drinking privately.
lock in         
If you lock someone in, you put them in a room and lock the door so that they cannot get out.
Manda cried out that Mr Hoelt had no right to lock her in.
PHRASAL VERB: V n P

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Locked in

Locked in or lock in may refer to:

Examples of use of lock-in
1. Consumers "lock in purchases with all the promotions....
2. Presidential candidates are turning cartwheels to lock in early votes.
3. Is there something about Islam that serves to lock in mankind‘s inherently tribal instincts?
4. The two sector fell as investors paused to lock in on recent gains.
5. The president who waged a preemptive war now wants to lock in place a preemptive occupation.