plural of diff lock

plural of rebounding lock

A lock that closes or secures itself by means of a spring.

A lock enclosed in a wooden case and attached to the face of a door.

A device for firing a cannon by a percussion primer.

(firearms) A lock in which the hammer rebounds to half cock after striking the cap or primer.

tide lock

(computing) A lock key on a computer keyboard, which, when pressed, causes all subsequently typed letters to be capitalised except those typed while holding the shift key.

(astronomy) Subject to tidal locking.

(computing) A key on a standard extended keyboard which, when pressed, toggles the keys of the numeric keypad between cursor control functions and numeric digits.