Lock ring (603 bytes)
1: A '''lock ring''' is the name given by [[archaeologist]]s to a t...
3: ... centre of production in the British Isles though rings were made and used across the continent, notably...
6: ...www.gtj.org.uk/item.php?lang=en&id=25863&t=1 Lock rings found at Great Orme in Wales]

Ring-a-ring of roses (1232 bytes)
1: '''Ring-a-ring of roses''' is a [[nursery rhyme]]. There are man...
3: : A ring-a-ring of roses
8: : Ring around the rosies
13: ...ldren's game in which the participants dance in a ring singing the rhyme and fall down at the end of the...
15: ...e]] in [[England]]. According to this theory, the ring of roses was the characteristic formation of bubo...

Lock Up (933 bytes)
1: '''Lock Up''' has been the name of two rock bands.
3: ... of Rage Against The Machine, once auditioned for Lock Up.
5: ...res Pave Sewers'' in 1999, and ''Hate Breeds Suffering'' in 2002.

Lock (1343 bytes)
1: ...] ''loca'' = "a secure enclosure". Currently '''''lock''''' has several meanings:
3: ...key]] or [[combination lock|combination]]. See [[locksmithing]].
4: * A '''[[canal lock]]''' is an enclosure in a [[canal]] or [[river]] ...
5: * A '''[[lock (software engineering)]]''' is, in [[computer science]], a bookkeeping ...
6: ...ting or state, such as [[caps lock]], [[satellite lock]].

Lock puzzle (859 bytes)
1: ...echanics. Such locks are sometimes called [[trick lock]]s, because opening them is like performing a [[m...
3: Lock puzzles have a long history.
4: Chinese jewelry boxes often contain trick locks and hidden drawers. An example of such a box is ...
6: ... puzzles stem from the necessity to invent secure locks in the [[Middle Ages]].

Édouard Lock (249 bytes)
1: ...ardLockSelfPortrait.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Edouard Lock Self Portrait]]
3: '''Édouard Lock''' (born 1954) is the founder of the [[Canada|Can...
7: [[Category:1954 births|Lock, Édouard]]

Teddington Lock (720 bytes)
1: '''Teddington Lock''' is a [[Canal lock|lock]] and [[weir]] situated on the [[River Thames]] i...
3: ..., which is the navigation authority upstream. The lock itself is owned and managed by the Environment Ag...
9: *[[Locks on the River Thames]]
10: **[[Molesey Lock]] (next lock upstream)
11: **[[Richmond Lock]] (next lock downstream)

Sean Lock (731 bytes)
1: '''Sean Lock''' (born [[1963]]) is an [[England|English]] come...
3: [[As of 2004]], he is starring in the [[BBC]] [[sitcom]] ''[[15 Storeys High]]''...
5: During his career as a [[stand-up comic]] he has also wr...
8: *{{imdb name|id=0516700|name=Sean Lock}}
9: [[Category:1963 births|Lock, Sean]]

SIM lock (4044 bytes)
1: ... meet specific criteria. Currently, phones can be locked to only accept SIM cards from one or more of th...
8: A SIM lock is typically applied on a mobile phone that is su...
10: ==Types of SIM locks==
11: The ''country lock'' only allows the use of the phone with SIM cards...
13: A ''network lock'' only allows the use of the phone with specific ...

Vendor lock-out (1276 bytes)
1: '''Vendor lock-out''' occurs when a software vendor uses proprie...
3: ...ons, but often do not allow further integration. Lock-out tactics are beneficial to vendors as they coe...
5: ...ny motivated programmer can modify free software, lock-out is a temporary situation, and its market bene...
9: ...rammar checker, etc. — the word processor ''locks out'' other tools.
13: * [[Vendor lock-in]]

Canal lock (10445 bytes)
1: [[Image:Lock-2.jpg|thumb|Canal locks in England.]]
2: ...of [[tunnel]]s or [[aqueduct]]s. The same kind of locks are used on [[river]]s, often in connection with...
4: ...e system operates in much the same way as an [[airlock]] but acts between two levels of water as opposed...
6: ...ed|A plan and side view of a generic, empty canal lock]]
7: ...ed. Modern locks use pipes and valves to fill the locks but most are still filled by gravity alone.

Shiplake Lock (420 bytes)
1: '''Shiplake Lock''' is a [[Canal lock|lock]] and [[weir]] situated on the [[River Thames]] i...
7: *[[Locks on the River Thames]]
8: **[[Sonning Lock]] (next lock upstream)
9: **[[Marsh Lock]] (next lock downstream)

Key (lock) (4218 bytes)
3: ...tion. Knowing the identification number of such a lock allows a duplicate key to be made at certain plac...
5: ...use a number of keys will usually place them on a ring, often with other items such as [[key fob]]s.
14: ...h is identical to all of the others in the set of locks.
15: e.g. A [[pin tumbler lock]] will have two sets of shear points.
20: ... can open all or most of a type of badly designed lock.

Whitchurch Lock (621 bytes)
1: ...the [[Berkshire]] village of [[Pangbourne]]. Both lock and weir are owned and managed by the [[Environme...
3: Whitchurch Lock is one of the few locks on the River Thames which has no public access o...
9: *[[Locks on the River Thames]]
10: **[[Goring Lock]] (next lock upstream)
11: **[[Mapledurham Lock]] (next lock downstream)

Mapledurham Lock (1348 bytes)
1: '''Mapledurham Lock''' is a [[Canal lock|lock]] and [[weir]] situated on the [[River Thames]] i...
3: Despite its name, Mapledurham Lock is actually located in the [[Berkshire]] village ...
5: ... of water that permits navigation upstream of the lock, the weir also provides a head of water to drive ...
11: *[[Locks on the River Thames]]
12: **[[Whitchurch Lock]] (next lock upstream)

Kryptonite lock (1470 bytes)
1: ... is a [[brand]] of [[Lock (device)|lock]] for securing a [[bicycle]] to a pole or other fixture, when th...
3: The Kryptonite lock was developed in [[1972]]. Before then, the only...
5: ... The innovative U-shaped design of the Kryptonite lock was subsequently adopted by several other manufac...
7: ...th a ballpoint pen. The company responded with a lock exchange offer.
11: * [http://www.kryptonitelock.com/ Kryptonite Lock website]

Blish lock (1636 bytes)
1: ...owed that the locks experienced great wear when firing full-power rifle cartridges, and that reliability...
3: ...d a working model that used a simple wedge as the lock, and was eventually awarded a patent.

Vendor lock-in (5552 bytes)
1: ...any (vendor) at the expense of the [[consumer]]. Lock in costs create a [[barrier to entry]] in a marke...
12: ...rs]], various [[Unix]] vendors battled so hard to lock their customers into their version of Unix that t...
14: One way to create artificial lock-in for items without it is to create [[loyalty ca...
18: ...crosoft]] software carries a high level of vendor lock-in, based on its extensive set of proprietary [[A...
28: ==Combating vendor lock-in==

Caversham Lock (1155 bytes)
1: '''Caversham Lock''' is a [[Canal lock|lock]] and [[weir]] situated on the [[River Thames]] i...
3: ...rating the lock from the weir. Besides the normal lock-keepers house, this island until recently contain...
5: A public access exists across the lock gates, lock island and weir, forming a pedestrian route from ...
15: ===Next lock upstream===
16: *[[Mapledurham Lock]]

Cylinder lock (356 bytes)
1: [[Image:Vanderwoning_0501lock7975.jpg|right|250px|Lock]]
2: ...uding the [[pin tumbler lock]] and [[disc tumbler lock]].
6: [[Category:Locks]]

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