| English | German |
| CAPS LOCK | FESTSTELLTASTE (A toggle key that, when on, shifts the alphabetic characters on the keyboard to uppercase) |
| CAPS LOCK key | FESTSTELLTASTE (A toggle key that, when on, shifts the alphabetic characters on the keyboard to uppercase) |
| coarse-grained lock | undifferenzierte Sperre (A lock that applies to a large amount of code or data) |
| credentials lock | Anmeldedatensperre (A type of device lock in Windows Mobile that requires the user to enter credentials to gain access to phone resources) |
| device lock | Gerätesperre (A feature that provides enhanced protection for data by locking the device and requiring user authentication through a password) |
| dynamic locking | dynamische Sperre (The process used by SQL Server to determine the most cost-effective locks to use at any one time) |
| exclusive lock | exklusive Sperre (A lock that prevents any other transaction from acquiring a lock on a resource until the original lock on the resource is released at the end of the transaction) |
| fine-grained lock | differenzierte Sperre (A lock that applies to a small amount of code or data) |
| intent lock | beabsichtigte Sperre (A lock that is placed on one level of a resource hierarchy to protect shared or exclusive locks on lower-level resources) |
| key range lock | Schlüsselbereichssperre (A lock that is used to lock ranges between records in a table to prevent phantom additions to, or deletions from, a set of records. Ensures serializable transactions) |
| Lock Conference | Konferenz sperren (A button on Conference Controls that prevents anybody else from joining the current conference) |
| lock escalation | Sperrenausweitung (The process of converting many fine-grain locks into fewer coarse-grain locks, thereby reducing system overhead) |
| lock screen | Sperrbildschirm (The screen that appears when a user locks the PC) |
| Lock Session | Sitzung sperren (A button on the conference leader's Conference Controls that prevents anybody else from joining the current sharing session) |
| lock token | Sperrtoken (The value that is returned on successful execution of the WebDAV LOCK method. This value is used to transact subsequent requests) |
| Lock Tracking | Änderungsnachverfolgung sperren (An option that turns on change tracking and lets you set a password to prevent unauthorized users from turning it off) |
| NUM LOCK key | NUM-TASTE (A toggle key that, when turned on, activates the numeric keypad so that its keys can be used for calculator-style data entry. When the Num Lock key is toggled off, most of the numeric keypad keys are used for cursor movement and on-screen scrolling) |
| opportunistic lock | opportunistische Sperre (A lock placed by a client on a file residing on a server) |
| panning direction lock | Richtungsarretierung nach Verschiebung (Functionality that constrains the panning direction to a primary axis. A distance threshold is used to determine the user's intent and select the primary axis) |
| phone lock | Telefonsperre (A setting that prevents use of the phone and that requires a password in order to be disabled) |
| rotation lock | Rotationssperre (A software setting that disables display rotation) |
| rotation lock button | Rotationssperrentaste (The button or slider on tablets and convertible tablets that rotates the display) |
| row lock | Zeilensperre (A lock on a single row in a table) |
| SCROLL LOCK key | ROLLEN-TASTE (On the IBM PC/XT and AT and compatible keyboards, a key on the top row of the numeric keypad that controls the effect of the cursor control keys and sometimes prevents the screen from scrolling. On the enhanced and Macintosh keyboards, this key is to the right of the function keys on the top row. Many modern applications ignore the Scroll Lock setting) |
| shared lock | gemeinsame Sperre (A lock created by nonupdate (read) operations) |
| subsidy lock | Netlock (A type of phone lock that original equipment manufacturers embed into their mobile phones at the request of mobile phone operators to prevent their use on a cellular network other than the one for which the phone was originally intended) |
| table lock | Tabellensperre (A lock on a table including all data and indexes) |
| update lock | Aktualisierungssperre (A lock placed on resources (such as row, page, table) that can be updated) |
