A deadlock is a situation wherein two or more competing actions are waiting for the other to finish, and thus neither ever does. It is often seen in a paradox like 'the chicken or the egg'.?When two trains approach each other at a crossing, both shall come to a full stop and neither shall start up again until the other has gone.?—Illogical Statute passed by the Kansas (USA) State Legislature, early in the 20th centuryIn computer science, deadlock refers to a spec