Deadlock vs. Impasse

Deadlocknoun

A standstill resulting from the opposition of two evenly matched forces; a stalemate or impasse

‘The negotation ended in deadlock, with neither party willing to compromise on the price.’;

Impassenoun

a road with no exit; a cul-de-sac

Deadlocknoun

(computing) An inability to continue due to two programs or devices each requiring a response from the other before completing an operation.

Impassenoun

a deadlock or stalemate situation in which no progress can be made

Deadlockverb

To cause or to come to a deadlock.

Impassenoun

An impassable road or way; a blind alley; cul-de-sac; fig., a position or predicament affording no escape.

‘The issue from the present impasse will, in all probability, proceed from below, not from above.’;

Deadlocknoun

A lock which is not self-latching, but requires a key to throw the bolt forward.

Impassenoun

a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible;

‘reached an impasse on the negotiations’;

Deadlocknoun

A counteraction of things, which produces an entire stoppage; a complete obstruction of action.

‘Things are at a deadlock.’; ‘The Board is much more likely to be at a deadlock of two to two.’;

Impassenoun

a street with only one way in or out

Deadlocknoun

a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible;

‘reached an impasse on the negotiations’;

Impasse

A bargaining impasse occurs when the two sides negotiating an agreement are unable to reach an agreement and become deadlocked. An impasse is almost invariably mutually harmful, either as a result of direct action which may be taken such as a strike in employment negotiation or sanctions/military action in international relations, or simply due to the resulting delay in negotiating a mutually beneficial agreement.

Deadlock

In concurrent computing, a deadlock is a state in which each member of a group waits for another member, including itself, to take action, such as sending a message or more commonly releasing a lock. Deadlocks are a common problem in multiprocessing systems, parallel computing, and distributed systems, where software and hardware locks are used to arbitrate shared resources and implement process synchronization.In an operating system, a deadlock occurs when a process or thread enters a waiting state because a requested system resource is held by another waiting process, which in turn is waiting for another resource held by another waiting process.